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Predecessor companies [multiple media]

Hierarchical level:

Sous-fonds

Date:

1834-1960.

Reference:

R231-3625-0-E, RG30

Type of material:

Textual material, Architectural and technical drawings, Maps and cartographic material, Photographs

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

5092460

Context of this record:

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Canadian National Railway Company fonds

Predecessor companies
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Sous-fonds includes:

38 lower level description(s)
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Date(s):

1834-1960.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

x m of textual records.
x technical drawings.
x maps.
x microfilm reels.
x photographs.
x atlas.

Language of material:

English

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This sous-fonds consists of most records relating to the private and government-run predecessor companies of Canadian National Railways.

The primary predecessors were:

Grand Trunk Railway (GTR)
Canadian Northern Railway (CNOR)
Canadian Government Railways (CGR)

Linked to these main predecessors were many smaller railway companies. Currently, the sous-fonds is broken down into the following main series, each linking to numerous sub-series and sub-sub-series. Although there is currently a separate sous-fonds for the Grand Trunk Railway Company, various series relating to aspects of the Grand Trunk Railway can be found here, including:

Grand Trunk properties in Quebec and New England
Grand Trunk Properties in Ontario
Grand Trunk properties in the United States
Grand Trunk Pacific Railway System

Other companies can be found in the following sub-series, such as:

Canadian Government Railways (originally known as the Intercolonial Railway)
National Transcontinental Railway
Canadian Northern system

Great Western Railway System
Canada Atlantic system
Northern Railway group
Midland Railway system
Central Vermont system
Government-acquired railways in Quebec
Government-acquired railways in New Brunswick
Newfoundland Railway
Northern Alberta Railways Company
Edmonton, Dunvegan and British Columbia Railway Company
Alberta and Great Waterways Railway Company
Inverness Railway and Coal Company
Central Canada Railway Company
Central Canada Express Company
Pembina Valley Railway
London and Port Stanley Railway
Manitoba Northern Railway Company

There were other miscellaneous railways that were amalgamated into Canadian National that don't quite fit into the category of predecessor companies, but for purposes of accessibility, are located here as well.

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(Electronic) The finding aid is a file list and is available as a PDF attached to this record. 30-37 PDF (90: Open)
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf002/30-37_volumes_3113 to 3133_open.pdf

Source:

Government

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RG30
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Textual records

[Consultation90 Open]

Architectural: technical drawings

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Cartographic material

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Architectural,technical: microform

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Graphic (photo)

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Textual records: microform

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