Book - 100 Years of Building a Legacy Together
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Book - 100 Years of Building a Legacy TogetherEntry/Object ID
2020.151.001Description
Book describing a 100-year history of Canadian National. Covers the years 1919-2019. Discusses all of the changes, impacts, innovations, and challenges faced by the company during those 100 years. It primarily focuses on all of the good aspects of the company and the positive impact it has made on rural and isolated area, as well as the travel industry and the role of CN in the travel industry. Distinguishing Features: noneContext
Contains historical photographs, maps, and context to tell the 100 year history of Canadian National and all of the positive impacts the company has had. 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
Library ArchiveCategory
Canadian National