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Contents 1 addition of the CPR and The Colonization of Canada section 2 Portland, Maine connection 3 Fort Qu'Appelle or Qu'Appelle? 4 Lack of Citations?

[edit] addition of the CPR and The Colonization of Canada section

I'm fine with this, but it has broader implications in terms of the strategic and geopolitical aspects of the reasons for the railway, and also the settlement colonization plan. Some of this is addressed in the dickshovel.com/two.html linked in the section above, but it also is implicit in the creating of a subjugant area of the nation to the central corpus of the Lower Great Lakes-St. Lawrence, aka "Canada" as known until 1867; railway policies, as well as settlement and the governmental policies concerning the west (including its piecemealing out into three weak provinces, rather than one strong one) are also part of the formula. In the West the history of the CPR is implicitly political, and in terms of its relationship to BC even more political and built into the history of the place - though in a way unlike the Prairies; how to address this without being POV I'll have to give some thought to...certainly the CPR's impact on settlement colonization and development in BC post-1885 is along the same lines, although the CPR didn't have the same latitude and influence that it did on the Prairies. Whatever. Just some thoughts; the new section is nice, might need some citing, but it opens doors on related subject matter concerning the railway as a nation "building" institution, as it is so much celebrated but maybe could be a little closer examination. Too much like original research, I guess...Skookum1 21:32, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Portland, Maine connection

I checked Lines of Country and didn't see any CPR line to Portland, nor have I been able to find any other source. What and where was this? Portland was, AFAIK, served by Boston & Maine, Maine Central, Grand Trunk/CN and Portland Terminal (owned by B&M/MEC). Thanks...Plasma east 15:06, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

The CPR never went anywhere near Portland. When they went through the Eastern Townships of Quebec into Maine and New Brunswick to reach Saint John NB they did so by acquiring a number of shortlines and charters as well as running rights over the Maine Central.

R.L.Kennedy

[edit] Fort Qu'Appelle or Qu'Appelle?

The article states

In March 1885, the North-West Rebellion broke out in Saskatchewan. Van Horne, in Ottawa at the time, suggested to the government that the CPR could transport troops to Fort Qu'Appelle in eleven days.

Does the CPR go to Fort Qu'Appelle? Shouldn't this be Qu'Appelle? Check the Wikipedia entries for each - Fort Qu'Appelle is 65 km northeast of Regina, Qu'Appelle is located on the CPR mainline.

GreatGreenArkleseizure 04:26, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

It's probably Fort Qu'Appelle, as it was closer to the North West Rebellion when it occurred. Van Horne was probably talking about time in relation to the combined train and foot distance rather than only the train distance itself (if you catch my drift). Allan kuan1992 (talk) 06:57, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Lack of Citations?

It seems that the whole history section, except the "1979 - Present" part, is severely lacking in citations. Can someone fix that? Allan kuan1992 (talk) 06:57, 11 June 2008 (UTC)