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The history of the Canadian Pacific Railway dates back to 1873. Together with the Canadian Confederation, the creation of the Canadian Pacific Railway was a task originally undertaken as the "National Dream" by the Conservative government of Prime Minister John A. Macdonald (1st Canadian Ministry). [1]
Canadian Pacific Railway Limited (TSX: CP NYSE: CP) is a Canadian railway transportation company that operates the Canadian Pacific Railway. It was created in 2001 when the CPR's former parent company, Canadian Pacific Limited , spun off its railway operations.
List of CPR presidents since 1881: 1881-1888 Sir George Stephen, 1st Baron Mount Stephen Bt. GCVO [1]; 1889-1899 Sir William Cornelius Van Horne KCMG; 1899-1918 Sir Thomas George Shaughnessy, 1st Baron Shaughnessy KCVO
The Train Doesn't Stop Here Any More (1998) an illustrated history of railway stations in Canada; Currie, A. W. The Grand Trunk Railway of Canada. University of Toronto Press, 1957. 556 pp, the standard history; Eagle, J. A. The Canadian Pacific Railway and the Development of Western Canada, 1896-1914. McGill-Queen's University Press 1989 ...
At the time, the railway's completion fulfilled an 1871 commitment made by the Canadian federal government to British Columbia that a railway be built joining the Pacific province to Central Canada. The promise of a transcontinental railway had been a major factor in British Columbia's decision to join the Canadian Confederation. [2]
Canadian Pacific Limited was created in 1971 to own properties formerly owned by Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR), a transportation and mining giant in Canada. In October 2001, CPR completed the corporate spin-offs of each of the remaining businesses it had not sold, including Canadian Pacific Railway Limited .
Canadian Pacific Steamship Fleet; Active service Name Launch year Maiden voyage Other names Notes Loss year Canadian Pacific Railway (1884–1915) 1887 SS Abyssinia [1] 1870 1870 . Australia route [2] 1891 1887 SS Parthia [3] 1870 1870 . Australia route [2] 1956 1887 SS Batavia [4] 1870 1870 . Australia route [2] 1924 1891 RMS Empress of China ...
The Canadian Northern Pacific Railway (CNoPR) was a historic Canadian railway with a main line running between the Alberta–British Columbia border and Vancouver, British Columbia. It was a wholly owned subsidiary of the Canadian Northern Railway (CNoR). This railway existed mainly on paper, and there were no cars or locomotives lettered ...