The history of the transcontinental railway in Canada harkens back to the days of the birth of the Dominion of Canada (confederation). On the 1st of July 1867 four eastern provinces came together to create a new country. Part of this deal was that the provinces of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick were promised a railway that would connect them to the central provinces of Ontario and Quebec. A few years later in 1870 Manitoba joined confederation and the following year the burgeoning country enticed British Columbia to join as well, with the only stipulation from B.C. was that the government had to build a transcontinental railway within ten years. That way the province would be linked to the rest of the country.
0 Comments
Your comment will be posted after it is approved.
Leave a Reply. |