Canadian National: Employee Trip Pass, Capreol ON to Hornepayne ON, J. C. Gaudaur, 1961
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Canadian National: Employee Trip Pass, Capreol ON to Hornepayne ON, J. C. Gaudaur, 1961Entry/Object ID
2021.1702.01Description
Canadian National branded employee trip pass assigned to J. C. (Joseph) Gaudaur in 1961. The trip pass was a first class trip from Capreol ON to Hornepayne ON. It was issued on November 21st, 1961 and had to be used by the end of December 1961. Distinguishing Features: Pink coloured paper with black, red, and blue inkContext
Original document belonging to J. C. Gaudaur. 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