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CONTENTS

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I. [THE COMING OF THE RAILWAY ] 1
II. [EARLY TRAVEL IN CANADA ] 13
III. [THE CALL FOR THE RAILWAY ] 27
IV. [THE CANADIAN BEGINNINGS ] 36
V. [THE GRAND TRUNK ERA ] 52
VI. [THE INTERCOLONIAL ] 93
VII. [THE CANADIAN PACIFIC—BEGINNINGS ] 109
VIII. [BUILDING THE CANADIAN PACIFIC ] 131
IX. [THE ERA OF AMALGAMATION ] 169
X. [THE CANADIAN NORTHERN ] 181
XI. [THE EXPANSION OF THE GRAND TRUNK ] 196
XII. [SUNDRY DEVELOPMENTS ] 220
XIII. [SOME GENERAL QUESTIONS ] 240
[BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE ] 248
[INDEX ] 249

ILLUSTRATIONS

['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