Hugh Ryan (railway magnate)
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The Honourable Hugh Ryan was an Irish-Canadian railway magnate, industrialist, banker, philanthropist and eldest son of John Patrick Ryan and Margaret Conway. His family immigrated to Montreal, Canada
Hollydene House, now Branksome Hall, was the Ryan family home after Hugh Ryan purchased it 1886.
Canadian Pacific Railway
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The Canadian Pacific Railway, also known simply as CPR or Canadian Pacific and formerly as CP Rail, is a Canadian Class I railway incorporated in 1881. The railway is owned by Canadian Pacific Kansas
CP 8137, a rebuilt GE AC4400CWM, in Chesterton, Indiana
CPR crew laying track at lower Fraser Valley, 1883
William Cornelius Van Horne
Telegram to Prime Minister John A. Macdonald announcing the completion of the CPR, November 7, 1885