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The Completion of the Canadian Pacific Railway

Port Moody, Canada

The Completion of the Canadian Pacific Railway

A ceremonial final spike was driven into the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) at Craigellachie, British Columbia, at 9:22 am on November 7, 1885. It was driven in by CPR railway financier Donald Smith, Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal, marking the end to a saga of natural disasters, financial crises,

and even rebellion that plagued Canada's first transcontinental railway from its beginning.

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