MHS Centennial Business: Canadian Pacific Railway Company

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To discuss the history of the CPR and its involvement in our great province, you have to go back to the very decade of Manitoba’s entry into confederation. In 1874, the community of Winnipeg discovered that plans were being drawn for the construction of a transcontinental rail line to run through Selkirk to the north. Immediately, a citizens’ committee was established and a petition was delivered to Ottawa. In true Canadian fashion, debate over the issue lasted for seven years when in 1881, the Canadian Pacific Railway Company was formed and agreed to construct the line through our present provincial capital. This important decision would help pave the way for Winnipeg to become the “hub of commercial activity in the northwest.” For the next 16 months following, immigrants migrated to the city in search of employment and hope causing the population to explode from a few hundred to 14,000. Due to this massive influx, the CPR announced 2,000 new jobs at their shops.

This period was an intensification of the expansion of the mid-1870s on a scale which was unprecedented in Canadian history. For a short time, the sky was the limit. Winnipeg was again “the new Chicago” and speculation drove the prices of lots on Portage Avenue or Main Street above the going rate for similar frontage on Michigan Avenue or State Street in the “Windy City.” Emerson and West Lynne, its long-since devoured twin across the Red, were touted in local and eastern papers as improved versions of Minneapolis and St. Paul. Crystal City, Rapid City, Nelsonville – a long list of metropolises-to-be clamoured for the attention of settlers and received that of speculators. Winnipeg was prompted by the speculation fever to move heaven and earth in order to secure the crossing of the Red River by the new Canadian Pacific Railway.

During this time, construction of the railway was supervised from offices in Winnipeg. Facilities were located near the Point Douglas area of the city. During the early part of the 20th century, this marshalling yard was one of the largest in the world. It was the centre point of the Dominion, moving material and goods in both directions between eastern and western Canada.

Over the years, this railway company has changed and evolved in many aspects including service lines, modes of transportation and even things as simple as its name. CP Rail System, or CPRS, was changed again to Canadian Pacific Railway Company in 1996. The nature of Manitoba-based railway services have also evolved throughout the 20th century and beyond, including operations across the nation.

One such evolution was in 1994 when emphasis was focussed on consolidating customer service for all its Canadian operations into a new centre in Winnipeg. At that time, the Canadian Pacific Railway Company was expecting to employ more than 200 people – many of whom would have been transferred from urban centres all across the country. Winnipeg was also the chosen site for the CPR’s headquarters for the “grain team,” its company’s marketing unit for transporting western Canada’s most fundamental commodity.

The Canadian Pacific Railway’s activities and involvement in Manitoba still continue today. its main heavy repair facility is located in Weston yards. Additionally, services such as a diesel shop which is responsible for a large part of CPR’s fleet and the Transcona which welds standard rails into quarter-mile long continuous rails for installation in main line track across the country have been built and maintained.

The railway employs 1000s of Manitobans and spends approximately 2 billion dollars in our province on payroll, provincial taxes, purchases and capital spending. This is in addition to indirect spending generating by business done with Manitoba-based suppliers. It maintains and operates approximately a 2000 km network of line to serve its Manitoba customers and connects them to terminals and major coastal ports throughout the North American continent.

An article in CP Rail News dated 28 August 1974 had this to say about the Canadian Pacific Railway’s involvement in the building of our province: “The diversification of Canadian Pacific operations is well known – but would you believe 50 years in the entertainment business? Winnipeg Beach was where it all started at the turn of the century when CP Rail opened an amusement park, complete with roller coaster, Ferris wheel, merry-go-round and dance hall, among other things – and a rail line to get people there. The company also built a hotel on the site – the Empress – where, in its heyday, picnickers could buy a gallon of beer for 25 cents and the Sunday concert was the social event of the week. There was a 400-foot pier and an 800-foot boardwalk where families strolled up and down in the sun, and friends and lovers did likewise, more or less on moonlight excursions.”

An MHS Centennial Business Award was presented to Janet Weiss, General Manager (Grain) of Canadian Pacific Railway Company, by MHS President Steven Place, on 3 April 2004.

Presidents

Period	President
1881-1888	George Stephen (1829-1921)
1888-1899	William Cornelius Van Horne (1843-1915)
1899-1918	Thomas George Shaughnessy (1853-1923)
1918-1942	Edward Wentworth Beatty (1877-1943)
1942-1947	D’alton Corry Coleman (1879-1956)
1947-1948	William M. Neal (1886-?)
1948-1955	William Allan Mather (1885-1961)
1955-1964	Norris Roy “Buck” Crump (1904-1989)
1964-1966	Robert Alton Emerson (1911-1966)
1966	Norris Roy “Buck” Crump (1904-1989)
1966-1972	Ian David Sinclair (1913-2006)
1972-1981	Frederick Stewart Burbidge (1918-2013)
1981-1990	William Stinson
1990-2006	Robert J. Ritchie
2006-?	Fred Green

Vice-Presidents (Western Lines / Prairie Region)

Period	Vice-President
1918-1942	D’alton Corry Coleman (1879-1956)
1942-1958	?
1958-1962	G. E. Mayne
1962-1964	S. M. Gossage
1964-1967	D. M. Dunlop
1967-1969	Keith Campbell
1969-1974	R. S. Allison

General Managers (Western Lines / Prairie Region)

Period	General Manager
1918-1927	Charles Murphy (1865-1941)

Chief Dispatchers (Winnipeg)

Period	Chief Dispatcher (Winnipeg)
?-1908	W. J. Wren
1908-1914	Ernest George Trump (1878-1943)
1915-1916	W. E. Cline
1916-1917	J. L. Able
1917-1918	H. L. Horn
1918-1919	William Munroe
1919-1924	Maurice Helston (1869-1931)
1924-1937	Eric Gordon Skelding (1886-1973)

Land Commissioners (Winnipeg)

Period	Land Commissioner
1874-1888	John Henry McTavish (1837-1888)
1888-1890	Lauchlan Alexander Hamilton (1852-1941)
1890-1912	Frederick Thomas Griffin (1853-1935)
1912-?	?

Subdivisions (Manitoba)

CPR Subdivision	Location	Mile	Station Built	Junction(s)	Abandonment	1972 Elevators (number)
Alida	Lauder	0.0	?	Boissevain	Abandoned (13 March 1978) R-25959	Pool (2)
	Bernice	9.0	?
	Bede	13.1	?
	Broomhill	18.6	1910			Pool
	Tilston	28.8	1910	Alida (Saskatchewan)		Pool A, Pool B
Arborg	Winnipeg	0.0	?		Abandoned (27 May 2014)	Federal, Soo
	Bears	3.7	?
	Orpa	?	?
	Stony Mountain	11.6	1913
	Stonewall	18.2	1910			Pool
	Williams	19.4	?		Abandoned (3 June 2008)
	Balmoral	27.8	1924			Paterson
	Gunton	33.0	?			UGG
	Teulon	37.7	1927			Paterson, Pool A, Pool B
	Komarno	45.9	?
	Malonton	51.2	?
	Fraserwood	55.8	1926
	Meleb	61.9	?
	Rembrandt	66.8	?
	Silver	70.3	?
	Arborg	74.3	1906			Paterson, Pool A, Pool B, Pool C, Pool D
Arcola	Schwitzer	0.0	?	Estevan
	Denbow	4.8	?
	Deleau	9.2	1904
	Findlay	17.3	1900
	Pipestone	26.1	1898			Pool, UGG
	Reston	32.5	1898	Reston		Pool, UGG
	Linklater	?	?			Pool
	Sinclair	41.7	1909	Arcola (Saskatchewan)		Pool
Boissevain	Boissevain	0.0	?	Napinka	Abandoned (24 September 1975) R-21118	Parrish & Heimbecker, Paterson, Pool (2), UGG
	Schaffner	4.3	?
	Orthez	7.4	?			McCabe
	Croll	12.7	?			Pool
	Regent	18.9	1914			Lake of the Woods, Pool, Western Canada Flour Mills
	Hathaway	24.3	?			Pool
	Dand	27.0	1914			Pool
	Lauder	35.3	?	Alida		Pool (2)
Bredenbury	Minnedosa	0.0	?	Minnedosa		Pool (3), UGG
	Largs	?	?
	Basswood	10.0	1900			Pool A, Pool B, Pool C
	Newdale	18.3	1929			Pool (3), UGG (2)
	Glossop	?	?			Pool, Pioneer
	Strathclair	27.6	1900			Pioneer, Pool, UGG
	Ipswich	?	?			Pool (2)
	Shoal Lake	36.4	1926			UGG (2)
	Bryd	?	?			Paterson
	Kelloe	44.6	1912			Pool (2)
	Solsgirth	51.2	1886			National, Pool
	Birtle	59.2	1900			Pool
	Foxwarren	66.8	1921			Pool (2), UGG
	Chillon	?	?			Pool, UGG
	Binscarth	76.5	1900	Russell		Pool, UGG
	Millwood	84.1	1892			Pool
	Harrowby	89.2	1920
Broadview	Brandon	0.0	?	Carberry, Lenore, Rapidy City		Federal (2), National, Pool, UGG
	Kemnay	8.2	1928	Estevan		Pool
	Alexander	15.7	1928			Paterson, Pool
	Ashbury	20.4	?
	Griswold	24.8	1926			UGG #1, UGG #2
	Oak Lake	32.0	1907			Pool
	Routledge	40.0	1906
	Virden	47.2	1900	Rocanville		Pool, UGG
	Homestead	?	?
	Hargrave	55.4	1919			Pool, UGG
	Reaper	?	?
	Elkhorn	64.1	1904			Pool (2)
	Kirkella	70.3	1905	Broadview (Saskatchewan), McAuley		Pool
Carberry	Winnipeg	0.0	?	Carberry, La Riviere		Federal, Soo
	Bergen	7.5	1900			Federal
	Rosser	15.2	1882			Pool
	Meadows	22.4	1882			Paterson (2)
	Marquette	28.9	1882			Paterson (2)
	Reaburn	35.3	1882
	Poplar Point	40.5	1882			Pool
	High Bluff	48.8	1882			Pool
	Portage la Prairie	55.6	1893	Minnedosa		Pool A, Pool B, Pool C, UGG 1
	Burnside	63.6	?			Pool
	Bagot	71.1	1882
	MacGregor	77.8	1902	Varcoe		Pool
	Austin	84.8	1911			Pool
	Sidney	92.9	1882			Pool
	Melbourne	98.3	1900
	Carberry	105.8	1900			UGG
	Hughes	114.5	1882
	Douglas	121.8	1890			Pool
	Chater	127.6	1882
	Brandon	133.1	1904	Broadview, Lenore, Rapid City		Federal (2), National, Pool, UGG
Carman	Elm Creek	0.0	?	Glenboro	Abandoned (30 August 1992), 1992-R-270	Cargill, Paterson, Pool
	Barnsley	6.0	1905			Pool, UGG
	Carman	12.2	1900			Pool
	Graham	20.2	?		Abandoned (17 November 1975), R-21238	Pool
	Roland	24.4	1907
	Kronsgart	31.7	?			Pool
	Plum Coulee	39.9	?	La Riviere	Abandoned (4 November 1977), R-25534	Federal, Pool, UGG
	Horndean	43.9	?	La Riviere
	Rosenfeld	49.2	?	Gretna		Federal, Pool A, Pool B
Emerson	St. Boniface	0.0	1909	Keewatin		Central (2), Federal, Maple, National (2), Pool
	Grande Pointe	9.3	?
	Willard	15.0	?
	Niverville	21.0	1922			Pool
	Otterburne	28.5	1879			UGG
	Carey	32.2	1917			Pioneer, Pool (2)
	Dufrost	37.0	1921			Paterson, Pool (2)
	Arnaud	45.9	1913			UGG
	Dominion City	53.9	1927			Pool, UGG
	Riordan	58.8	?
	Fredensthal West	60.6	?			Pool
	Emerson	63.8	1914			Paterson
Estevan	Kemnay	0.0	?	Broadview
	Beresford	8.2	1910			Pool
	Souris	15.9	1912			Pool (2), UGG
	Schwitzer	21.6	?	Arcola
	Page	?	?
	Menteith	25.7	?			Pool
	Hartney	32.3	1900			Pool, UGG
	Emblem	36.0	?			?
	Lauder	41.7	1926	Alida, Boissevain		Pool (2)
	Napinka	50.4	1922	Napinka		Ogilvie, Pool (2)
	Melita	58.7	1916			Pool (2), UGG
	Elva	63.9	?			Lake of the Woods, UGG
	Pierson	72.9	1898	Gainsborough (Saskatchewan)		Paterson, Pool (2)
Fallison	Snowflake	0.0		Snowflake	Abandoned (1962)	Pool (2), Federal
	Hebb	?
	Fallison	?				Federal, Pool
Glenboro	Winnipeg	0.0	?	Carberry, La Riviere		Federal, Soo
	Murray Park	9.0	?
	Headingley	15.3	1904			Pool (2)
	Springstein	22.8	?
	Starbuck	28.8	1906			Pool (2)
	Fannystelle	36.5	1906			Paterson, Pool, Stevens, UGG
	Culross	42.9	?			Paterson (2), UGG
	Elm Creek	47.4	?	Carman		Cargill, Paterson, Pool
	Haywood	56.5	?			Paterson
	St. Claude	63.1	1930			UGG 1, UGG 2
	Jobin	?	?		Abandoned (18 September 2014)
	Rathwell	72.2	1900			Pool, UGG 1, UGG 2
	Treherne	79.1	1906			Paterson, Pool, UGG
	Holland	87.6	1907			Federal, Paterson, Pool (2)
	Landseer	92.1	?			Pool (2)
	Cypress River	97.6	1910			Paterson, Pool
	Glenboro	106.6	1909			Pool (2)
	Stockton	114.4	?			Federal
	Treesbank	122.2	?			Pool
	Banting	?	?
	Methven	128.0	?			Pool
	Nesbitt	133.9	1902			Pool, UGG
	Carroll	142.2	1901
	Newstead	147.3	?			UGG
	Souris	152.7	?	Estevan		Pool (2), UGG
Gretna	Rosenfeld	0.0	?	La Riviere		Federal, Pool (2)
	Altona	6.8	1890			Federal, Pool
	Gretna	13.8	1890		Abandoned (July 1996)	Federal, Pool, Ritz A, Ritz B
Kaleida	Rudyard	0.0	?	La Riviere	Abandoned (July 1963)
	Kaleida	6.2	?			Pool
Keewatin	Winnipeg	0.0	?	Carberry, La Riviere		Federal, Soo
	St. Boniface	1.2	?	Emerson		Central (2), Federal, Maple, National (2), Pool
	North Transcona	6.5	1912			Parrish & Heimbecker
	Oakbank	13.3	1906			Pool
	Hazelridge	20.7	1917			Pool, Scottish Co-operative
	Cloverleaf	26.0	?			Scottish Co-operative
	Lydiatt	33.5	1924
	Molson	37.8	1909	Lac du Bonnet
	Julius	39.6	?
	Shelley	50.6	?
	Whitemouth	53.6	1923			UGG
	Darwin	?	?
	Culver	65.6	?
	Rennie	73.5	1936
	Telford	80.1	?
	Cross Lake	89.8	?	Kenora (Ontario)
Lac du Bonnet	Winnipeg	0.0	?	Carberry, La Riviere	Abandoned (circa 1990)	Federal, Soo
	Birds Hill	7.9	1911
	Gonor	14.8	?
	East Selkirk	21.5	1900			Federal
	Garson	27.0	?
	Tyndall	29.1	1920s			Pool
	Saldo	?	?
	Beausejour	35.6	1907			Pool A, Pool B, UGG 1, UGG 2
	St. Ouens	38.6	?			Scottish Co-operative
	Molson	44.8	?	Keewatin	Abandoned (10 May 1990), 1990-R-125
	Buchan	49.7	?
	Aneda	52.1	?
	Milner Ridge	55.7	?
	Sproule	59.8	?
	Lac du Bonnet	65.8	1926			UGG 1, UGG 2
La Riviere	Winnipeg	0.0	?	Carberry, La Riviere		Federal, Soo
	Fort Whyte	9.3	?			UGG
	Fortress	11.6	?
	La Salle	18.3	1929			Paterson
	Domain	24.4	?			Pool
	Osborne	29.7	?			Pool
	McTavish	35.5	?			Pool
	Trump	39.3	?
	Morris	42.6	1904			Paterson, Pool
	Sewell	49.9	1929
	Rosenfeld	56.1	1890	Gretna		Federal, Pool (2)
	Horndean	61.4	?	Carman		Federal
	Plum Coulee	65.7	1902	Carman		Federal, Pool, UGG
	Winkler	73.8	1906			Federal, Inter-Ocean, Pool A, Pool B, Cargill
	Morden	81.2	1905		Abandoned (1 May 2008)	Inter-Ocean, Pool (2), UGG
	Thornhill	87.8	1890			Pool, Ogilvie, Lake of the Woods
	Darlingford	94.5	1923			Federal, Pool
	Rudyard	?	?	Kaleida
	Manitou	102.3	1900			Pool (2), UGG
	Binney	105.4	?
	La Riviere	112.9	1898	Napinka		Federal, Pool
Lenore	Brandon	0.0	?	Broadview, Carberry, Rapid City		Federal (2), National, Pool, UGG
	Chater	5.5	?
	Forrest	16.3	?	Rapid City	Abandoned (31 July 1980), R-26840	Pool
	Carnegie	23.2	1904
	Pendennis	27.2	1904			Pool
	Cossar	33.2	?
	Wheatland	35.3	1910
	Bradwardine	43.7	1910			Pool
	Harding	46.7	1919			Pool
	Kenton	50.3	1902			Pool (3)
	Lenore	57.2	1902			Pool
Lyleton	Deloraine	0.0	?	Napinka	Abandoned (1996)	Federal, Pool A, Pool B, Pool D, UGG
	Goodlands	8.4	1909			Federal, Pool (2)
	Cranmer	12.4	?			UGG (2)
	Waskada	17.2	1898		Abandoned (31 August 1983), WDR-00349	Paterson, Pool
	Dalny	21.9	?			Pool (2)
	Coulter	28.0	?		Abandoned (7 December 1977), R-25745	Pool
	Cameron	32.4	?			Lake of the Woods
	Lyleton	37.2	1900			Paterson, Pool
McAuley	McAuley	0.0	?	Rocanville	Abandoned (July 1962)	Pool
	Manson	8.7	?
	Kirkella	16.8	?	Broadview		Pool
Miniota	Gauthier	0.0	1900	Rapid City	Abandoned (30 December 1980), R-30800
	Pettapiece	4.9	1927			National
	Floors	9.5	1917			National
	Oak River	15.6	1902			Pool, UGG 1, UGG 2
	Pitlochry	?	?			National
	Hamiota	23.6	1906			Pool A, Pool B
	Chumah	?	?		Abandoned (31 December 1978), R-26840	National
	Crandall	32.4	1912			Pool
	Arrow River	37.6	1909			Federal
	Miniota	43.8	1900			Pool
Minnedosa	Portage la Prairie	0.0	?	Carberry		Pool (3), UGG
	Genest	6.1	?
	Macdonald	9.9	1900			Pool
	Westbourne	17.1	1890			UGG
	Westroc	?				Pool
	Woodside	26.8	?
	Gladstone	35.1	1900			Pool, UGG
	Keyes	43.2	?
	Arden	51.5	1923			Pool (2)
	Neepawa	61.0	1907			Pool
	Haanel	?	?
	Franklin	70.2	1897			Pool (2)
	Ameer	?	?
	Minnedosa	78.6	1920	Bredenbury, Rapid City		Pool (3), UGG
Napinka	La Riviere	0.0	?	La Riviere	Abandoned (1 May 2008)	Federal, Pool
	Wood Bay	7.5	1897	Snowflake		Pool
	Pilot Mound	12.4	1930			Federal, Pool A, Pool B
	Crystal City	17.0	1898			Paterson (2), Pool
	Clearwater	21.2	1903			Federal, Pool
	Mather	28.7	?			Pool, UGG
	Cartwright	35.5	1890			Federal 1, Federal 2, Pool
	Holmfield	42.8	1898			Harrison
	Killarney	51.4	1905			Paterson, Pool A, Pool B, UGG
	Rhodes	57.7	?			Pool
	Ninga	62.2	1900			Pool (2), UGG
	Boissevain	69.8	1902	Napinka		Parrish & Heimbecker, Paterson, Pool (2), UGG
	Cadzow	75.1	?
	Whitewater	80.3	1926
	Naples	85.3	?
	Deloraine	89.9	1901	Lyleton		Federal, Pool A, Pool B, Pool D, UGG
	Leighton	95.2	?			Pool
	Medora	100.2	1900			Pool, UGG
	Napinka	108.7	?	Estevan		Ogilvie, Pool (2)
Rapid City	Brandon	0.0	?	Broadview, Carberry, Lenore	Abandoned (1980)	Federal (2), National, Pool, UGG
	Chater	5.5	?
	Baragar	9.5	?
	Forrest	16.3	1900	Lenore		Pool
	Varcoe	23.8	?	Varcoe
	Gauthier	33.3	?	Miniota
	Rapid City	35.8	1900			National, Pool
	Riverdale	42.7	1912
	Minnedosa	51.3	?	Minnedosa		Pool (3), UGG
Reston	Reston	0.0	?	Arcola	Abandoned (September 1960)	Pool, UGG
	Ewart	8.1	?			Pool
	Ebor	16.6	1907			Pool
Rocanville	Virden	0.0	?	Broadview		Pool, UGG
	Scallion	?
	Harmsworth	8.8	?			Lake of the Woods
	Two Creeks	60.8	?
	Reeder	68.4	?
	Willen	73.5	?			Lake of the Woods
	McAuley	83.6	?	McAuley		Pool (2)
Russell	Binscarth	0.0	?	Bredenbury	Abandoned (1996)	Pool, UGG
	Penrith	5.2	?
	Russell	11.0	1928			Pool, UGG
	Madill	?	?			Paterson
	Cracknell	17.8	1923			Paterson, UGG (2)
	Inglis	23.9	1923			Northern, Paterson, Reliance, UGG
Snowflake	Wood Bay	0.0	?	Napinka	Abandoned (31 December 1980), R-27650	Pool
	Harbor	4.4	?
	Purves	9.8	1900			Pool, Federal
	Snowflake	16.2	1898	Fallison		Pool (2), Federal
	Mowbray	25.9	?		Abandoned (?)
	Windygates	31.9	?
Varcoe	MacGregor	0.0	?	Carberry	Abandoned (26 September 1975), R-21119	Pool (2)
	Hugo	7.2	?
	Pine Creek	11.0	?
	Edrans	17.3	1913
	Wellwood	26.7	1905		Abandoned (30 July 1978), R-26840	UGG
	Oberon	33.5	?			Pool
	Brookdale	36.9	1905			Pool, UGG
	Moore Park	47.0	1911			Pool (2)
	Varcoe	55.5	1910	Miniota
Winnipeg Beach	Winnipeg	0.0	?	Carberry, La Riviere		Federal, Soo
	Middlechurch	8.3	?
	Parkview	12.9	?
	Lower Fort Garry	19.5	1904			Federal
	Selkirk	22.9	1928			Pool
	Clandeboye	30.9	?			Pool
	Petersfield	35.1	1927
	Netley	38.6	1900			Pool
	Matlock	44.8	?
	Whytewold	45.8	?
	Ponemah	46.9	?
	Winnipeg Beach	49.0	?
	Boundary Park	50.1	?
	Beachside	50.7	?
	Sandy Hook	51.8	?
	Husavick	53.6	?
	Gimli	58.4	1906		Abandoned (3 June 1991), 1991-R-290	Parrish & Heimbecker
	Loni Beach	58.9	?
	McElheran	63.0	?
	Camp Morton	64.0	?
	Arnes	70.3	?
	Hnausa	77.4	?
	Riverton	83.8	1917			Federal, Pool

See Also:

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Railway Stations

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Canadian Pacific Railway Communications Building / Manitoba Metis Federation Building (150 Henry Avenue, Winnipeg)

Manitoba Organization: Canadian Pacific Railway Curling Club / Victoria Curling Club

Manitoba Business: Canadian National Railway

Manitoba Business: Greater Winnipeg Water District Railway

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MHS Transactions, Series 3, 1945-46 Season

Early Manitoba Railroads by Howard W. Winkler
MHS Transactions, Series 3, Number 10, 1953-54 Season

Rails Across the Red - Selkirk or Winnipeg by Ruben C. Bellan
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Railways and the Manitoba School Question by James A. Jackson
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John M. Egan, A Railway Officer in Winnipeg, 1882-1886: An Account of Canadian Pacific’s First Years in the Manitoba Capital by Omer Lavallee
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The 1883 Locomotive Engineers' Strike in the Canadian North West by David Spector
Manitoba Pageant, Volume 22, Number 1, Winter 1977

The Country Railway Station in Manitoba by Charles W. Bohi and H. Roger Grant
Manitoba Pageant, Volume 23, Number 3, Spring 1978

Review: Glenbow Museum, The Great CPR Exposition: The Impact of the Railway on Western Canada, 1883-1930 by Donald B. Smith
Manitoba History, Number 9, Spring 1985

The Rise and Fall of the Manitoba Railway Garden by Edwinna von Baeyer
Manitoba History, Number 31, Spring 1996

A Fallen Splendour: The Challener Murals of Winnipeg’s Royal Alexandra Hotel by Susan Moffatt Rozniatowski
Manitoba History, Number 42, Autumn/Winter 2001-2002

General Rosser’s Legacy by Ken Storie
Manitoba History, Number 56, October 2007

Sources:

“Named General Manager of C.P.R. western lines,” Winnipeg Tribune, 16 October 1918, page 8.

“Train dispatcher for C.P.R. promoted; Cline sent to McLeod,” Winnipeg Tribune, 14 September 1916, page 5.

“New C.P.R. dispatcher,” Winnipeg Tribune, 28 September 1917, page 5.

Canadian Pacific Timetable, Folder C, Western Canada and Transcontinental Schedule, April 27, 1958 to October 25, 1958. [Charles Cooper’s Railway Pages]

Canadian Pacific’s Western Depots: The Country Stations in Western Canada by Charles W. Bohi and Leslie S. Kozma, South Platte Press, 1993.

We thank Chuck Bohi, Matt Bialek, and Mike Lisowski for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 11 November 2022