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This location was considered as a terminous of the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1879 (See ''[[Surveying in 1879]]''). ...

...short (p15) account of Moberly's own role in locating the Canadian Pacific Railway. It is quite critical of the choice of [[Rogers Pass]] and he argues in fa ...

'''H.P. Bell''' was an explorer and surveyor for the Canadian Pacific Railway surveys. ...

'''Roderick McLennan''' was an engineer on the Intercolonial Railway and was sent to British Columbia in 1871 to assist [[Walter Moberly]] with ...

...e''' (1843-1915) was hired on as General Manager of the [[Canadian Pacific Railway]] on January 2, 1882 from the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul. He was inst ...

During the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway, [[Andrew Onderdonk]] used the town as his headquaters. The actual start o ...

'''E.W. Jarvis''' was an explorer and surveyor for the Canadian Pacific Railway surveys. ...

...eming|Fleming, Sandford]]''' ''Report in Reference to the Canadian Pacific Railway 1879'' ...series of reports on the progress of the surveys for the Canadian Pacific Railway. It is available as microfiche CIHM 09730 and online at [http://www.canadi ...

...ned by [[Andrew Onderdonk]] for the construction of the [[Canadian Pacific Railway]]. The rails reached the community in early [[1885]]. [[Andrew Onderdonk] ...

...Pass''' is a pass through the Rocky Mountains. Both the Canadian Pacific Railway and the Transcanada Highway use the pass. ...

...ation about the construction and early operation of the [[Canadian Pacific Railway in British Columbia]]. *[[Onderdonk]] signs first contract with the Canadian Government to build the railway in the [[Fraser Canyon]]. (December 23) (''[[Onderdonk Section]]'') ...

...]]. The expedition was led by [[Sandford Fleming]], chief engineer of the railway at the time. ...

...series of reports on the progress of the surveys for the Canadian Pacific Railway. It is available as {{CIHM|30182}}. ...

...ows through the Rocky Mountains and was considered by the Canadian Pacific Railway as a possible route through the mountains. ...

The [[Last Spike]] of the [[Canadian Pacific Railway]] mainline took place on the morning of November 7, 1885 in [[Craigellachie ...

...struction in British Columbia. He worked as engineer on the Intercolonial Railway before the CPR. He was appointed Deputy Engineer in Chief for British Colu ...

'''Jared S. Hurd''' was an explorer and surveyor for the Canadian Pacific Railway surveys. ...

Between 1876 and 1878 he was in charge of the BC Railway Surveys. ...

...ng flash animation shows the approximate locations of the Canadian Pacific Railway survey crews at the end of each month for the years 1871 to 1876. The labe ...

...head off into the mountains of new province to try to find a route for the railway the province had been promised. To survey these routes for a railway, the region was divided into three regions: ...

This site is about the Canadian Pacific Railway in British Columbia between 1871 and 1885. There are 3 phases to this proj ...

...series of reports on the progress of the surveys for the Canadian Pacific Railway. It is available as {{CIHM|30183}} ...

...who worked on some of the [[Surveying|surveys]] for the [[Canadian Pacific Railway in British Columbia]]. ...

The railway events in this timeline are represented in this [[Railways in Southern Brit *April - Corbin gets charter for Spokane Falls & Northern Railway{{MW|p=21}} ...

...cross the [[Columbia River]] near Golden in 1884 on the [[Canadian Pacific Railway]]. ...crossing of the Columbia River, British Columbia, on the Canadian Pacific Railway.''' ...

...he year. Moberly was in Ottawa at the beginning of 1871 and travelled (by railway through the United States?) to Victoria in the spring. He then went via th The Engineer-in-Chief for the Canadian Pacific Railway, Fleming traversed the entire country in the summer of 1872 from east to we ...

...been made the previous year that the best route for the [[Canadian Pacific Railway]] was along the [[Burrard Inlet route]] but during the 1879, it was decided ...

It describes the construction of the [[Canadian Pacific Railway]] in 1884 from the summit of the Rocky Mountains to the mouth of the Beaver '''On the Construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway (Rocky Mountain Division) During the Season of 1884''' ...

...ties in advocating and exploring in preparation for the [[Canadian Pacific Railway]] (See [[Surveying]]). It describes the events from about 1850 to the 1870s <P>In the brief early history of Canada's first transcontinental railway which I am about to outline, and to accomplish the ultimate construction of ...

...by the Boundary Commission of 1859. Since the route was impractical for a railway, they returned to Hope. They then went up the Coquihalla valley which orig ...