George Stephen, 1st Baron Mount Stephen
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George Stephen, 1st Baron Mount Stephen,, known as Sir George Stephen, Bt, between 1886 and 1891, was a Canadian businessman. Originally from Scotland, he made his fame in Montreal and was the first Canadian to be elevated to the Peerage of the United Kingdom. He was the financial genius behind the creation of the Canadian Pacific Railway.
Stephen in 1865
The CPR track at Morant's Curve, cutting through Banff National Park
The CPR track crossing the Fraser River
The Last Spike of the CPR, 1885
Bank of Montreal
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The Bank of Montreal is a Canadian multinational investment bank and financial services company.
Operating headquarters in Toronto, Canada
Austin Cuvillier co-founded BMO with nine other businessmen in June 1817.
Bank of Montreal on an 1844 Province of Canada Token.
$5 BMO banknote, from 1942. The year was the last that the bank issued its own banknotes for circulation.