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Rails across the prairies : the railway heritage of Canada's Prairie Provinces by Brown, Ron, 1945- is a history book available to read on EtoBox.

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<p><i>Rails Across the Prairies</i> traces the evolution of Canada's rail network, including the appearance of the first steam engine on the back of a barge. The book looks at the arrival of European settlers before the railway and examines how they coped by using ferry services on the Assiniboine and North Saskatchewan Rivers. The work then follows the building of the railways, the rivalries of their owners, and the unusual irrigation works of Canadian Pacific Railway. The towns were nearly all

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Author

Brown, Ron, 1945-

Publisher

Dundurn Group / Dundurn Press

Published

2012

Language

EN

ISBN

9781459702158

Category

history

Subjects

Social Science, Pictorial, Transportation

Rating

4.4 / 5 (27 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14