Main entry:

Lavallée, Omer, 1925-

Title & Author:

Van Horne's road : an illustrated account of the construction and first years of operation of the Canadian Pacific transcontinental railway / by Omer Lavallée.

Publication:

Montreal : Railfare Enterprises, 1977, ©1974.

Description:

304 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : illustrations ; 32 cm

Notes:
"A Railfare book."
Includes bibliographical references (page 298) and index.
The photographers -- Foreword -- Confederation -- Government construction -- Formation of the company -- The prairies -- Routes via the lakes -- The Eastern main line -- Rockies and Selkirks -- Closing the gap -- From sea to sea -- New route to the Orient -- Epilogue -- Appendix I: stations and mileages -- Appendix II: Origin of station names -- Appendix III: Genealogy.

Summary:

"A profusely-illustrated account of the construction and first years of operation of the Canadian Pacific transcontinental, supplemented with informative text, along with forty maps and diagrams designed by the author."-- From the publisher.

ISBN:

0919130224
9780919130227

Subject:

Canadian Pacific Railway Company.
CP Rail.
Railroads.

Holdings:

Location: Library main canada 229324
Call No.: HE2810.C2 L35 1974
Status: Available