Sujet
Sketches on the Canadian Pacific railway line, 1883. Creator: William James Palmer.
Légende
Sketches on the Canadian Pacific railway line, 1883. '1. Lake Deception. 2. Bridge at Rat Portage Rapids. 3. Grand Rapids of the Saskatchewan River. 4. Falls of the Winnipeg River. 5. Tunnel through Rat Portage Island. 6. Mink Bay Railway Embankment. 7. Below the Falls, Winnipeg River. The Canadian Pacific Railway, which will, when completed, have a total length of 2869 miles for the main line, sets forth from a point of connection with the lines near Ottawa, the Federal capital of the Dominion of Canada. Its route...runs westward through the wild country north of the Great Lakes, Huron and Superior, to cross the outlet of the Lake of the Woods at Rat Portage...proceeding to Selkirk and Winnipeg on the Red River...About two thousand miles' length of the whole intended railway is actually constructed; and we may expect, in two or three years more, to be able to travel by rail from the Atlantic to the Pacific shore...The Rocky Mountains will be crossed by a pass very much lower than that on the line from San Francisco, and less exposed to be snowed up in winter. It is manifest that the Canadian Pacific Railway is destined to change the balance of population on the North American Continent, and possibly to alter the course of travel and traffic'. From "Illustrated London News", 1883.
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HRM25A50_257
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53,2Mo (6,4Mo) / 31,1cm x 42,9cm / 3668 x 5065 (300dpi)