His chief place of residence is Skibo Castle, Scotland, but he pays frequent visits to the United States.
“Ring in the valiant man and free
The larger heart, the kindlier hand.
Ring out the darkness of the land,
Ring in the Christ that is to be.”
SIR SANDFORD FLEMING.
Sir Sandford Fleming, C.E., LL.D.
Was born at Kircaldy, Fifeshire, Scotland, on the 7th day of January, 1827. He left school at the age of 14, and was immediately articled as a student of surveying and engineering. At the age of 18 he came to Canada.
In 1852 he was appointed one of the engineering staff of the Northern Railway then known as the Ontario and Lake Huron road.
In 1863 he went to England as a representative of the Red River settlement to invoke the aid of the Imperial Government toward the construction of a railway to connect with the Canadian railways, but the scheme was not carried out.
When the Intercolonial Railway was projected he was made Chief of Surveys and Construction. When nearing its completion he was called upon by the Government to undertake the survey of the proposed route to the Pacific.