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1888::A Journey Across Canada on the Canadian Pacific Railway

What an artist saw on his journey across Canada.

1903-1919::Francis Rattenbury's Premier Hotel in Prince Rupert, British Columbia

The Grand Trunk Pacific Railway and their grand hotel that never was.

1913::Canadian Pacific Railway Imports 700 Employees from Glasgow, Scotland

Importing qualified employees to work on Canada's rails.

1888::The First Trains of Vancouver Island

The first Vancouver Island trains that rolled into Nanaimo and Victoria, British Columbia.

1923::The Motor Princess

British Columbia's first automobile ferry.

1955::Waiting For a Ferry on Easter Long Weekend

Reservations were highly recommended for long weekend ferry travel to the mainland.

1899-1923::City Skyline: Vancouver, British Columbia

Two photos, a quarter of a century apart and decades after the Great Fire.