Last spike (Canadian Pacific Railway)
A ceremonial final spike was driven into the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) at Craigellachie, British Columbia, at 9:22 am on November 7, 1885. It was driven in by CPR railway financier Donald Smith, Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal, marking the end to a saga of natural disasters, financial crises, and even rebellion that plagued Canada's first transcontinental railway from its beginning.
Donald Smith drives in the last spike
Telegram to Prime Minister John A. Macdonald announcing the completion of the Canadian Pacific Railway, November 7, 1885
Last spike monument
A plaque commemorating the driving of the last spike
The Canadian Pacific Railway, also known simply as CPR or Canadian Pacific and formerly as CP Rail (1968–1996), was a Canadian Class I railway incorporated in 1881. The railway was owned by Canadian Pacific Railway Limited, which began operations as legal owner in a corporate restructuring in 2001.
CP 8137, a rebuilt GE AC4400CWM, in Chesterton, Indiana
An eastbound CPR freight train at Stoney Creek Bridge descending from Rogers Pass
Canadian Pacific Railway Crew laying tracks at lower Fraser Valley, 1883
William Cornelius Van Horne
