transcontinental
railway
railway
These four provinces formed together on July 1st,1867 to form Canada.
What are Nova Scotia,New Brunswick,Quebec,and Ontario?
This is how much a railway worker made per day.
What is $1.50?
This is why the CPR had to tunnle through Roger's pass.
What is there were avalanches and it was very steep?
He drove the "last Spike".
who is Donald A. Smith?
This is the city that the railway reached in New Brunswick.
What is St.John
In this year British Columbia joined Canada.
What is 1871
This is how many men built the cpr in British Columbia.
What is 15,000?
This is how many kilometers of track had been laid by 1882.
What is 673?
This is why the company ran out of money.
When is 1885?
This is how the CPR avoided the problem of settler not knowing how to farm their own land.
What is sell ready-made farms?
This is the reason that the people of British Columbia decided to join Canada.
What is a promise was made to connect BC with the eastern provinces?
This is how long the track was from Port Moody to eagle pass.
What is 545km?
This surveyor looked for a pass through the mountains in 1881.
Who is major A.B. Rogers?
This is the date that the last spike was driven in.
When is november 7,1885?
This is how the CPR convined people to settle in the west.
What is sell the land for cheap prices?
This was Canada's first Prime Minister.
Who is John A. MacDonald?
Workers from the forgeign country played a large role in the building of the Western section of the CPR.
What is China?
This is the name of the tunnle that went through Roger's pass.
What is Connaught Tunnle?
This is the Crowfoot, chief of the blackfooot, recived in compensation for the CPR being built through thier lands.
What is a lifetime pass on the CPR?
This is how much a small farm and large farm cost to purchase.
What is $1300 and $2500
This is the city that Canada's first Prime Minister was born in.
What is Glasgow,Scotland?
This man mad approximately $15,000 per year overseeing the building of the cpr.
Who is William Van Horne?
This is why Mount MacDonald Tunnle was easier for heavier trains.
What is it had gentle slope,and pusher localmotives were not necessary?
This is the name of the boy in the famous Last Spike photo,who was born on July 1st,1867.
Who is Edward Mallandaine?
This is how many ready-made farms the CPR developed between 1909 and 1919.
what is 762