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Canadian Pacific Railway
(Encyclopedia) Canadian Pacific Railway, transcontinental transportation system in Canada and extending into the United States, privately owned and operated. The construction of a railroad crossing…Van Horne, Sir William Cornelius
(Encyclopedia) Van Horne, Sir William Cornelius, 1843–1915, president (1888–99) and chairman of the board (1899–1915) of the Canadian Pacific Railway, b. Illinois. He worked on U.S. railways before…Mackenzie, Sir William
(Encyclopedia) Mackenzie, Sir William, 1849–1923, Canadian railroad builder and financier, b. Ontario. In the early 1870s he became a railroad contractor. He constructed portions of the Canadian…Glacier National Park, Canada
(Encyclopedia) Glacier National Park, 521 sq mi (1,349 sq km), SE British Columbia, Canada, in the Selkirk Mts.; est. 1886. It contains extensive glaciated areas including Illecilliwaet Glacier.…Allan, Sir Hugh
(Encyclopedia) Allan, Sir Hugh, 1810–82, Canadian financier and shipowner, b. Scotland. He emigrated to Canada in 1826, was employed by a large shipbuilding company in Montreal, and later founded the…Banff
(Encyclopedia) Banff Banff bămf, bănf [key], town, SW Alta., Canada, in the Rocky Mts., on the Bow River and the…Illecillewaet
(Encyclopedia) IllecillewaetIllecillewaetĭləsĭlˈəwĕt, –wāt [key], mountain stream, c.50 mi (80 km) long, rising in Illecillewaet glacier on the west slope of the Selkirk Mts., SE British Columbia,…Nipigon, Lake
(Encyclopedia) Nipigon, LakeNipigon, Lakenĭpˈĭgŏn [key], c.1,870 sq mi (4,840 sq km), central Ont., Canada. It has many islands. Its outlet, the Nipigon River (40 mi/64 km long) flows south, past the…Kamloops
(Encyclopedia) KamloopsKamloopskămˈl&oomacr;ps [key], city (1991 pop. 67,057), S British Columbia, Canada, at the junction of the North Thompson and South Thompson rivers. A trading post was…Grant, George Munro
(Encyclopedia) Grant, George Munro, 1835–1902, Canadian educator and author, b. Nova Scotia, educated at the Univ. of Glasgow. From 1877 to 1902 he was principal of Queen's Univ., Kingston, Ont.;…Trending
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