Blue plaque № 59455

Banff, AB, Canada

BANFF RAILWAY STATION. After Confederation in 1867, Prime Minister Sir John A. MacDonald realized that to prosper, Canada needed a national railway to link east and west with a ribbon of steel. This was to become his "National Dream". To facilitate this mammoth undertaking, the Canadian Pacific Rail

way (CPR) was incorporated in February 1881. By 1883, construction had reached Bow Valley. In that year, three railway workers discovered natural mineral hot springs at the base of Sulpur Mountain. In

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