There was a time in this fair land
 

when the railroad did not run.

Nov.7, 1885 - 126 years ago - The Last Spike of the 3200 km rail line was driven by Donald Smith, CPR railway director in Craigellachie, British Columbia.

lsat years anniversary thread and chat about book - http://www.corfid.com/vbb/showthread...t=spike&page=2

Re: There was a time in this fair land
 

Been to Craigellachie a couple of times and I always think of CRT there. When one drives through that region on the way to Shuswap or Kamloops or the Okanagan, one marvels at the engineering of the day to do such a thing as build a railroad.
Driving through north Ontar-i-o has the same effect - just an incredible feat. Gord (and Pierre Berton) got it right.....