Canadian National: Royal Tour of Canada 1939 Schedule
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Canadian National: Royal Tour of Canada 1939 ScheduleEntry/Object ID
2021.1101.01Description
Book, schedule for the Royal Tour of Canada in 1939 published and used by Canadian National. The schedule includes all operating stops, state stops, and probably car platform appearances for each day/destination on the tour. The tour lasted from May 17th, 1939 until June 15th, 1939 and during that time the Royals made stops all over Canada. The schedule includes the time, station, symbol, and remarks for both the Royal train and the pilot train. Distinguishing Features: noneContext
Original document published by Canadian National to showcases all of the stops on the royal tour of 1939. 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, Royal Tour of Canada