The Champlain and St. Lawrence Railroad was a historic railway in Lower Canada, the first Canadian public railway and one of the first railways built in British North America.
A monument marking the location of the first railway in Canada in La Prairie, Quebec.
In the Steam Expo Parade of Canadian and U.S. steam locomotives at the 1986 World Exposition on Transportation and Communication (Expo 86), a World's Fair held in Vancouver, BC, Canada
Exporail Museum, John Molson Steam Locomotive reproduction, in action in front of the depot
The John Molson replica on Expo 86 in Vancouver
La Prairie, Quebec
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La Prairie is an off-island suburb of Montreal, in southwestern Quebec, Canada, at the confluence of the Saint-Jacques River and the Saint Lawrence River in the Regional County Municipality of Roussil
Champlain and St. Lawrence Railroad
…began in January, 1835 when surveyors determined the line would run from St. John on the Richelieu River to the nearest point on the St. Lawrence at La Prairie, across the river from Montreal. Throughout 1835 the grading, fencing, masonry and bridge work were completed, as well as stations and wharves at…
Old La Prairie in 2025
The old post office of La Prairie.
Houses in Old La Prairie
Saint-Jean Road