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Correspondence related to the Canadian Pacific Railway [textual record]

Hierarchical level:

Sub-sub-series

Date:

1875-1892

Reference:

R610-147-0-E, RG43-A-III-1

Type of material:

Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

134613

Context of this record:

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Department of Railways and Canals fonds

Railway Branch

Office of the Chief Engineer

Correspondence related to the Canadian Pacific Railway
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Date(s):

1875-1892

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Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

1.3 m of textual records

Language of material:

English

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Sub-sub-series consists of records acquired and accumulated by the Office of the Chief Engineer relating to the Canadian Pacific Railway, 1875-1892. In 1871 the Dominion government promised British Columbia a railroad connection with Canada if the West Coast colony entered Confederation. Two separate companies, the Interoceanic Railway and the CPR, were chartered in June 1872 (35 Vict., c.71, 72), but when government attempts to amalgamate them failed, a new CPR Company was incorporated in February 1873 to build a transcontinental railway under government auspices.

Government surveys commenced as early as 1871 and by 1874 construction on some sections of the line, such as the Pembina Branch, had begun. By 1880, 722 miles of track were either completed or under contract, and the government had spent in excess of

The records in this sub-sub-series consist of registered and unregistered correspondence, 1875-1891 (Vols. 708-716), registers of letters received, 1879-1892 (Vols. 737-740) and two special registers of correspondence received concerning the CPR, 1880-1892 (Vols. 736, 751) which are arranged by subject matter and by the name of departmental official. All registers provide a full synopsis of each letter.

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(Electronic) Finding aid 43-8 is a handwritten list. 43-8 PDF (90: Open)
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf002/43-8_134613_vols_708-716_736-740_751_open.pdf

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Source of title:

Title is based on the contents of the sub-sub-series.

Availability of other formats note:

Microfilm copies of these records are available on reels T-6699 to T-6704.

Accruals:

No further accruals are expected.

Related material:

A large proportion of the correspondence relating to the early construction of the CPR was brought forward to the Department of Transport registry in 1936 and can now be found in RG12, MIKAN 23, (Vols. 1848-2112).

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T-6699 : Microfilm copies Copy No. 1
T-6699 : Microfilm copies Copy No. 2
T-6699 : Microfilm copies Copy No. 3
T-6699 : Microfilm copies Copy No. 4
T-6700 : Microfilm copies Copy No. 1
T-6700 : Microfilm copies Copy No. 2
T-6700 : Microfilm copies Copy No. 3
T-6700 : Microfilm copies Copy No. 4
T-6701 : Microfilm copies Copy No. 1
T-6701 : Microfilm copies Copy No. 2
T-6701 : Microfilm copies Copy No. 3
T-6701 : Microfilm copies Copy No. 4
T-6702 : Microfilm copies Copy No. 1
T-6702 : Microfilm copies Copy No. 2
T-6702 : Microfilm copies Copy No. 3
T-6702 : Microfilm copies Copy No. 4
T-6703 : Microfilm copies Copy No. 1
T-6703 : Microfilm copies Copy No. 2
T-6703 : Microfilm copies Copy No. 3
T-6703 : Microfilm copies Copy No. 4
T-6704 : Microfilm copies Copy No. 1
T-6704 : Microfilm copies Copy No. 2
T-6704 : Microfilm copies Copy No. 3
T-6704 : Microfilm copies Copy No. 4

Source:

Government

Related control no.:

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116-000043-7
1988-89/043 GAD
RG43

Former archival reference no.:

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RG43-A-III-1
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Textual records

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [RG43]

[Consultation 90 Open]

708--716;

[Consultation 90 Open]

736--740;

[Consultation 90 Open]

751;

[Consultation 90 Open]

Microfilm reel [RG43] T-6699--T-6704

[Consultation 90 Open]

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