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Last Spike, The

• 1974 ----- color ----- 55 min ----- vhs
• (National Dream, The: Building the Impossible Railway series, Part 8) This last episode shows the pressure placed on the CPR in its final days of construction. While Canada was occupied by the Metis uprising, the CPR volunteered to transport the troops needed in Saskatchewan. The dangerous journey through incomplete sections of the rail convinced the CPR that it needed to be completed. To do so, however, the CPR waited on Macdonald to deliver a relief bill in Parliament that would guarantee pay to CPR workers and creditors. In the end the rail was completed and Van Horn was quoted as saying, Work has been done well in every way. (Donated by the Department of Canadian Studies) (Restricted to use by institutions of learning within the State of Washington only)
• Topics: (Canadian Studies, History: Canadian)

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