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The Maple Leaf crosses the Whirlpool Rapids Bridge, in 1983.. Amtrak and Via Rail introduced the Maple Leaf along the Hudson River and Erie Canal on April 26, 1981. The Maple Leaf replaced Buffalo–Toronto connecting service operated by Via and the Toronto, Hamilton and Buffalo Railway, the latter of which discontinued passenger service that day.
30th Street Station in Philadelphia Omaha station in Omaha, Nebraska, designed as part of the Amtrak Standard Stations Program This is a list of train stations and Amtrak Thruway stops used by Amtrak (the National Railroad Passenger Corporation in the United States). This list is in alphabetical order by station or stop name, which mostly corresponds to the city in which it is located. If an ...
Maple Leaf Gardens roof under construction, pictured in 1931. The corporation's roots can be traced back to 1927, when Conn Smythe organized a group of investors to purchase Toronto's premier hockey franchise, the Toronto St. Patricks of the National Hockey League (NHL), which had won Stanley Cup championships in 1918 (as the Toronto Arenas) and 1922, from a group headed by Charles Querrie.
San Diego: San Diego Sports Arena: June 10, 1981 Inglewood: The Forum: June 11, 1981 June 12, 1981 Anaheim: Convention Center: June 14, 1981 Long Beach: Long Beach Arena: June 15, 1981 Las Vegas: Aladdin Theatre — June 16, 1981 Reno: Centennial Coliseum: June 18, 1981 Seattle: Seattle Center Coliseum: FM June 19, 1981 June 20, 1981 Portland ...
San Diego, United States Sports Arena 11,121 $154,344 [6] February 5–6, 1986 Inglewood, United States The Forum 30,005 $425,789 March 1, 1986 Ottawa, Canada Civic Center 7,421 / 8,000 $103,893 [21] March 6–7, 1986 Toronto, Canada Maple Leaf Gardens 22,145 / 24,000 $345,461 April 4, 1986 Uniondale, United States Nassau Coliseum 15,931 $254,211
July 9 - A mudslide destroyed the Liziyida bridge near Ganluo County, Sichuan, China and moments later a train crashed into river, killing more than 200.; July 17 – The Manchester–Sheffield–Wath Woodhead Line, carrying electric-hauled freight traffic through the Pennines in England, is closed and all British Rail Class 76 locomotives used on it are stored at Guide Bridge and Reddish ...
The maple leaf slowly caught on as a national symbol. In 1868, it was included in the coat of arms of Ontario and the coat of arms of Quebec, and was added to the Canadian coat of arms in 1921. Historically, the golden maple leaf had represented Ontario, while the green maple leaf had represented Quebec. [4] In 1867, Alexander Muir composed the ...
Maple Leaf Stadium was a jewel box-style baseball stadium in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located at the foot of Bathurst Street on the south side of Lake Shore Boulevard (formerly Fleet Street). It was built in 1926 by Lol Solman for his Toronto Maple Leafs baseball team of the International League .