Friends of Canada's First Spike

Friends of Canada's First Spike Re-discovering the spot where the CPR was born.

Promoting the development of a commemorative park at the original site where Canadian Pacific Railway construction began on June 1, 1875 and is staging re-inactement and sign unveiling on Saturday, June 2, 2012.

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01/18/2012

Check out Canada's First Spike website:

A group of local activists FRIENDS OF FIRST SPIKE PARK have launched this site as part of efforts to have Canada's newest National Park created at the original site where the Canadian Pacific Railway was 'born'. Construction of the trans-continental railroad line, that was to unite th...

WHY DO RAILWAY WORKERS HOLD HAND? Because, on June 1, 1875 no one brought a camera to the birth of the CPR; so, in 1888 ...
11/03/2011

WHY DO RAILWAY WORKERS HOLD HAND? Because, on June 1, 1875 no one brought a camera to the birth of the CPR; so, in 1888 photographer Cooke from Prince Arthur's Landing snapped this shot - and beneath where they hold hands is exactly the spot where the trans-continental railway to unite Canada from Atlantic to Pacific was officially started.

11/03/2011

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