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Turmoil and triumph : the controversial railway to Hudson Bay by Bickle, Ian, 1931- is a book available to read on EtoBox.

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<p>This is a story of courage and adventure. It reveals how workers struggled through long days, enduring extreme weather, pests, and the often poor food and housing, as they built a railway through the difficult terrain of Canada's northern wilderness to Churchill, Manitoba. The book provides rare insight into the survey parties who explored this region of ice, snow, swamp and muskeg. The colorful accounts of surveyor J.L. Charles describe the hardships and adventures in mapping the route. Additionally, it gives a historical account of organization, such as the RNWMP (later RCMP) who helped bring order and discipline to the rugged life on the line, and Frontier College teachers, who assisted the workers in their labors and their education. The men who surveyed the Bay route, the workers who built it and the people who keep it alive have raised the level of human achievement in Canada. Their story is an important and colorful part of Canadian history.</p>

Author

Bickle, Ian, 1931-

Publisher

Detselig Enterprieses Ltd

Published

1995

Language

EN

ISBN

9781550591071

Subjects

Business, Social Science, History