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The Railway Builders

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'THE SURVEYOR, OFTEN AN EXPLORER AS WELL, STRIKING OUT INTO THE WILDERNESS IN SEARCH OF MOUNTAIN PASS OR LOWER GRADE' From a colour drawing by C. W. Jefferys. Frontispiece

THE FIRST RAILWAY ENGINE IN CANADA, CHAMPLAIN AND ST LAWRENCE RAILROAD, 1837 From a print in the Château de Ramezay. Facing page 38

RAILROADS AND LOTTERIES An Early Canadian Prospectus. " 48

SIR FRANCIS HINCKS From a portrait in the Dominion Archives. " 66

RAILWAYS OF BRITISH NORTH AMERICA, 1860 (Map) " 92

SIR GEORGE SIMPSON From a print in the John Ross Robertson Collection, Toronto Public Library " 110

SIR SANDFORD FLEMING From a photograph by Topley. " 114

FLEMING ROUTE AND THE TRANS-CONTINENTALS (Map) " 118

RAILWAYS OF CANADA, 1880 (Map) " 130

LORD STRATHCONA From a photograph by Lafayette, London. " 134

LORD MOUNT STEPHEN From a photograph by Wood and Henry, Dufftown. By courtesy of Sir William Van Horne. " 140

SIR WILLIAM CORNELIUS VAN HORNE From a photograph by Notman. " 148

RAILWAYS OF CANADA, 1896 (Map) " 180

CANADIAN NORTHERN RAILWAY, 1914 (Map) " 194

CHARLES MELVILLE HAYS From a photograph by Notman. " 200

GRAND TRUNK SYSTEM, 1914 (Map) " 218

CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY, 1914 (Map) " 224

GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY, 1914 (Map) " 230

RAILWAYS OF CANADA, 1914 (Map) " 238

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