Canadian National Mailgram sent from Capreol to Barrie
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Canadian National Mailgram sent from Capreol to BarrieEntry/Object ID
2021.1009.01Description
Mailgram sent to H. a. Rosseau in Barrie ON in 1966 from J.F. Weaver in Capreol ON. The mailgram is requesting that Rosseau reply to a letter that Weaver had sent to him on the 9th of June with an enclosed list of Railway Crossing Inventory sheets maintained by the department of highways. Distinguishing Features: noneContext
Original document, actual mailgram sent to H. A. Rosseau. Canadian National was created following the end of the First World War, by combining five lines which were financially troubled. It soon became the largest railway in the country. Canadian National Railways was founded in 1919 as a combination of several railways that had become bankrupt and were being ran by the Canadian Government Railways, its primary service was freight but also operated passenger service until 1978 until it was absorbed by VIA rail. The Canadian National Railways was created by the Government of Canada as a means to fund the failing railway corporations including: Intercolonial Railway of Canada, National Transcontinental Railway, Prince Edward Island Railway, and Hudson's Bay Railway.Collection
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Canadian National