Ron Brown - Rails Across the Prairies: The Railway Heritage of Canadaâ??s Prairie Provinces
Here you can read online Ron Brown - Rails Across the Prairies: The Railway Heritage of Canadaâ??s Prairie Provinces full text of the book (entire story) in english for free. Download pdf and epub, get meaning, cover and reviews about this ebook. year: 2012, publisher: Dundurn, genre: Romance novel. Description of the work, (preface) as well as reviews are available. Best literature library LitArk.com created for fans of good reading and offers a wide selection of genres:
Romance novel
Science fiction
Adventure
Detective
Science
History
Home and family
Prose
Art
Politics
Computer
Non-fiction
Religion
Business
Children
Humor
Choose a favorite category and find really read worthwhile books. Enjoy immersion in the world of imagination, feel the emotions of the characters or learn something new for yourself, make an fascinating discovery.
- Book:Rails Across the Prairies: The Railway Heritage of Canadaâ??s Prairie Provinces
- Author:
- Publisher:Dundurn
- Genre:
- Year:2012
- Rating:5 / 5
- Favourites:Add to favourites
- Your mark:
Rails Across the Prairies: The Railway Heritage of Canadaâ??s Prairie Provinces: summary, description and annotation
We offer to read an annotation, description, summary or preface (depends on what the author of the book "Rails Across the Prairies: The Railway Heritage of Canadaâ??s Prairie Provinces" wrote himself). If you haven't found the necessary information about the book — write in the comments, we will try to find it.
Rails Across the Prairies traces the evolution of Canadas rail network, including the appearance of the first steam engine on the back of a barge. The book looks at the arrival of European settlers before the railway and examines how they coped by using ferry services on the Assiniboine and North Saskatchewan Rivers. The work then follows the building of the railways, the rivalries of their owners, and the unusual irrigation works of Canadian Pacific Railway. The towns were nearly all the creation of the railways from their layout to their often unusual names.
Eventually, the rail lines declined, though many are experiencing a limited revival. Learn what the heritage lover can still see of the Prairies railway legacy, including existing rail operations and the stories the railways brought with them. Many landmarks lie vacant, including ghost towns and elevators, while many others survive as museums or interpretative sites.
Ron Brown: author's other books
Who wrote Rails Across the Prairies: The Railway Heritage of Canadaâ??s Prairie Provinces? Find out the surname, the name of the author of the book and a list of all author's works by series.
Rails Across the Prairies: The Railway Heritage of Canadaâ??s Prairie Provinces — read online for free the complete book (whole text) full work
Below is the text of the book, divided by pages. System saving the place of the last page read, allows you to conveniently read the book "Rails Across the Prairies: The Railway Heritage of Canadaâ??s Prairie Provinces" online for free, without having to search again every time where you left off. Put a bookmark, and you can go to the page where you finished reading at any time.
Font size:
Interval:
Bookmark:
How wonderful it was to travel across the Prairies and meet so many individuals and organizations who were concerned about their railway heritage. There were travel staff, hotel staff, museum curators, and simply those individuals who were passionate about their railway roots.
In no particular order, I would like to thank the curator of the station museum in Radville, Judy Dionne, who spent her valuable time showing me the wonderful work the local volunteers have done to preserve their station on site, and who forwarded to me some interesting old images of the station. Then there was Denis Depres of the Delta Bessborough Hotel in Saskatoon, who gave me the grand tour of a grand building, and Don McGuire, who led the creation of the Wainwright Rail Park, preserving much valuable rolling stack. Thanks to Barb Monroe, communications specialist at the Heritage Park Historical Village in Calgary, for providing much-needed images of their rail operations, and to Catriona Hill, director of the CPRs Heritage Services in Calgary, for also sharing some great shots of their heritage railway equipment, steam engine 2816 , and the glamorous Royal Canadian Pacific tour train. Michelle Grenier of Hudson Bay was also kind enough to send images of the heritage station in Al Mazur Memorial Heritage Park. Thanks, too, to Malcolm Andrew of VIA Rail Canada for the image of Edmontons elegant and modern new VIA Rail station there. I am grateful to Andy and Michelle of the Rochfort Bridge Trading Post, who provided vital details of the massive railway trestle in that village, and Laurie Armstrong, director of economic development and tourism in Hanna, for updates on the relocation of the station and progress of the efforts to save that communitys rare roundhouse.
Finally, I am most grateful to the friendly and helpful staff at Travel Alberta and Tourism Saskatchewan for generously assisting me with the logistics of my visits to those two provinces during the summer of 2011 (one of the wettest in years).
I hope this modest book will confirm to these people that their assistance has been worth it.
Books
Ballentyne, Bruce. Canadian Railway Station Guide . Ottawa: The Bytown Railway Society, 1998.
Barris, Theodore. Fire Canoe: Prairie Steamboat Days Revisited . Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1977.
Bickle, Ian. Turmoil and Triumph: The Controversial Railroad to Hudson Bay . Calgary: Detselig Enterprises Ltd., 1995.
Bohi, Charles. The Canadian Nationals Western Depots . Toronto: Fitzhenry and Whiteisde, 1977.
Bohi, Charles and Les Kozma. Canadian Pacifics Western Depots: The Country Stations in Western Canada . David City, Nebraska: South Platte Press, 1993.
Butterfield, Daid K. If Walls Could Talk: Manitobas Best Buildings Explained and Explored . Winnipeg: Great Plains Publishing, 2000.
Friesen, Gerald. The Canadian Prairies: A History . Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1987.
Gibbon, John Murray. Steel of Empire: A Romantic History of the Canadian Pacific Railway . Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1935.
Glazebrook, G.P. De T. History of Transportation in Canada . Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1964.
Gray, James H. Red Lights on the Prairies . Toronto: Macmillan, 1971.
Herrington, A. Saskatchewan Road and Railway Bridges to 1950: Inventory . Saskatchewan Culture, Youth and Recreation, Heritage Resources Branch: 2007.
MacKay, Donald. The Peoples Railway: A History of Canadian National . Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre, 1972.
McKee, William. Trail of Iron: The CPR and the Birth of the West, 18801930 . Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre, 1983.
McLennan, David. Our Towns: Saskatchewan Communities from Abbey to Zenon Park . Regina: University of Regina, Canadian Plains Research Centre, 2008.
Mulligan, Helen and Wanda Ryder. Ghost Towns of Manitoba . Surrey: Heritage House Publishing Company Ltd., 1985.
Regehr, T.D. The Canadian Northern Railway: The Pioneering Road of the Northern Prairies, 18951918 . Toronto: Macmillan of Canada, 1976.
Saskatchewan Heritage Foundation. Saskatchewan Grain Elevators: An Inventory of Grain Handling Facilities . Saskatoon, 2010.
Silversides, Brock. Prairie Sentinel: The Story of the Canadian Grain Elevator . Calgary: Fifth House, 1997.
Thompson, John H. Forging the Canadian West . Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1998.
Waiser, W.A. Saskatchewan: A New History . Calgary: Fifth House, 2006.
Warkentin, John. The Western Interior of Canada: A Record of Geographic Discovery, 16121917 . Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1964.
Wetherell, Donald Grant. Town Life: Main Street and the Evolution of Small Town Alberta, 18801947 . Edmonton: University of Alberta Press, 1995.
Journals, Magazines, and Documents
An Alberta Rose by Any Other Name. CP Rail System News 26, no. 2 (1996).
CP Rail in Alberta Today. CP Rail System News 26, no. 3 (1996).
Earl, Leonard F. The Hudson Bay Railway. Manitoba Historical Society Transactions 3, no. 14 (195758).
Government of Saskatchewan. Minister Opens Saskatchewans 10th Shortline Railway. October 15, 2009.
Government of Saskatchewan. Moose Jaws River Street to be Redeveloped. August 8, 2000.
Grover, Sheila. The Northern Pacific and Manitoba Railway Engine House. Manitoba History , no. 10 (1985).
Herzog, Lawrence. A Grand and Glorious Station. Edmonton Real Estate Weekly 23, no. 2 (2005).
Herzog, Lawrence. When the Rails Led to Edmonton Edmonton Real Estate Weekly 23, no. 31 (2005).
Jones, Dave. From Cow Town to Now Town. CP Rail System News 26, no. 2 (1996).
Malaher, David. Port Nelson and the Hudson Bay Railway, Manitoba History , no. 8 (1984).
Patterson, Terry. A Trip Through Time in Transcona, Manitoba History , no. 13 (1987).
Rozniatowksi, Susan Moffatt. A Fallen Splendour: The Challener Murals of the Royal Alexandra Hotel. The Manitoba History , no. 42, (200102).
Warner Elevator Row. Alberta Register of Historic Places Heritage Management Resources Information System .
Newspapers
Bernhardt, Darren. Biggar Rallies to Save Historic Rail Roundhouse. Star Phoenix , October 30, 2007.
Biggar Roundhouse Put on Endangered List, Star Phoenix , May 2, 2008.
Catherwood, Kristin. Radville Station Undergoes Transformation. Radville and Deep South Star , September 1, 2009.
Halliday, Dave. Historic Grain Elevators an Indelible Link to Albertas Pioneer Roots. North Shore News .
Old-Fashioned Pizza Party Spices up Rowley. Drumheller Mail , August 21, 2009.
Pacholik, Barb. Fire Destroys Historic Grain Elevator in Fleming. Regina Leader-Post , February 9, 2010.
Rance, Laura. Short line railroads under threat. Winnipeg Free Press , September 9, 2011.
Siamandas, George. Winnipegs Historic Bridges. The Winnipeg Time Machine, Feb 5, 2007 .
Websites
All links were accurate as of March 29, 2012 .
Cranberry Heritage Museum. Acquisition of Cranberry Portage Railway Station. http://cpmuseum.ca .
Alberta Central Railway Museum. www.abcentralrailway.com .
Alberta Prairie Railway Excursions. www.absteamtrain.com .
Albertas Iron Horse Trail, www.ironhorsetrail.ca/index.html .
Atlas of Alberta Railways. http://railways.library.ualberta.ca/ .
Bachusky, Johnnie, Rowley Alberta: The Never Say Die Prairie Town. Alberta Online Encyclopedia, Heritage Community Foundation. www.abheritage.ca/albertans/bachusky/rowley_1.html.
Black, D. Grant, with files from Barb Righton. How a Small Prairie Town Got a Breath of New Life. Canadian Living online. www.canadianliving.com/life/community/how-a-small-prairie-town-got-a-breath-of-new-life .
Bohi, Charles W., and H. Roger Grant. The Country Railroad Station of Manitoba. Manitoba Pageant 23, no. 3. www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/pageant/23/railroadstation.shtml .
Font size:
Interval:
Bookmark:
Similar books «Rails Across the Prairies: The Railway Heritage of Canadaâ??s Prairie Provinces»
Look at similar books to Rails Across the Prairies: The Railway Heritage of Canadaâ??s Prairie Provinces. We have selected literature similar in name and meaning in the hope of providing readers with more options to find new, interesting, not yet read works.
Discussion, reviews of the book Rails Across the Prairies: The Railway Heritage of Canadaâ??s Prairie Provinces and just readers' own opinions. Leave your comments, write what you think about the work, its meaning or the main characters. Specify what exactly you liked and what you didn't like, and why you think so.