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Report of the Canadian Pacific Railway Royal Commission. Volume I. Evidence Canada. Canadian Pacific Railway Royal Commission

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"Commissioners: George M. Clark, Samuel Keefer, Edward Miall. The commission was appointed 'to make enquiry into and concerning all facts connected with, and the conduct and prosecution of, the Canadian Pacific Railway from its inception ...' - p. 29. The report has information on surveys, location of the route, and on contracts. The introduction of 25 pages by N. Flood Davin gives a valuable review of events connected with overland communication to the Pacific." -- Lowther, B. J., & Laing, M. (1968). A bibliography of British Columbia: Laying the foundations, 1849-1899. Victoria, BC: University of Victoria, p. 69-70.

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Title	Report of the Canadian Pacific Railway Royal Commission. Volume I. Evidence
Creator	Canada. Canadian Pacific Railway Royal Commission
Publisher	Ottawa : S. Stephenson & Co.
Date Issued	1882
Description	"Commissioners: George M. Clark, Samuel Keefer, Edward Miall. The commission was appointed 'to make enquiry into and concerning all facts connected with, and the conduct and prosecution of, the Canadian Pacific Railway from its inception ...' - p. 29. The report has information on surveys, location of the route, and on contracts. The introduction of 25 pages by N. Flood Davin gives a valuable review of events connected with overland communication to the Pacific." -- Lowther, B. J., & Laing, M. (1968). A bibliography of British Columbia: Laying the foundations, 1849-1899. Victoria, BC: University of Victoria, p. 69-70.
Extent	960 pages ; 25 cm
Subject	Canadian Pacific Railway Company; Railroads--Canada--History; Railroads--Canada--Design and construction
Genre	Legislative proceedings
Type	Text
File Format	application/pdf
Language	English
Notes	Volume 1 of 3. UBC has only volume 1. Other Copies: http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/9230500
Identifier	HE2810.C2 C252 1882; I-0611-V01
Collection	British Columbia Historical Books Collection
Series	Report of the Canadian Pacific Railway Royal Commission
Source	Original Format: University of British Columbia. Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. HE2810.C2 C252 1882
Date Available	2015-06-19
Provider	Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights	Images provided for research and reference use only. For permission to publish, copy, or otherwise distribute these images please contact digital.initiatives@ubc.ca.
Catalogue Record	http://resolve.library.ubc.ca/cgi-bin/catsearch?bid=3997189
AIPUUID	5fee1ff3-8c73-46cb-830f-be55921af753
DOI	10.14288/1.0305643
Aggregated Source Repository	CONTENTdm

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Images provided for research and reference use only. For permission to publish, copy, or otherwise distribute these images please contact digital.initiatives@ubc.ca.