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Important Events In Canada's History

  • Canadian Pacific Railway

    Canadian Pacific Railway
    The Canadian Pacific Railway is a huge part in Canada’s history. The people who were involved in the Canadian Pacific Railway were Andrew Onderdonk, (a New York engineer),17 000 Chinese men, John A. Macdonald, Scottish Canadian businessmen, George Stephen, Syndicate member and director James Jerome Hill, William Cornelius Van Horne and Donald A. Smith. The Canadian Pacific Railway was built to unite the new nation of Canada and fulfill a pledge that John A. Macdonald made to the Colony of Briti