THE STORY OF CANADA IS THE STORY OF RAILROADS. Or at least it was, for a crucial century where the country went from a vast wilderness to a former colony struggling to become a nation. Railroads were the technology that …
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From Vancouver to Banff on the Rocky Mountaineer
MY FIRST TRIP OVER THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS FINALLY HAPPENED BECAUSE CANADA WAS CELEBRATING AN ANNIVERSARY. It was the country’s sesquicentennial – 150th anniversary, you know – and my editor at the travel section of the paper decided I would spent …
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