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History of the Canadian Pacific by Gibbon Hard Cover 1935 Romantic History CP
History of the Canadian Pacific by John Murray Gibbon
Hard Cover
423 pages INCLUDES FOLD OUT MAP. Indexed.
Copyright 1937
The Romantic History of the Canadian Pacific The Northwest Passage of today.
Copyright 1937. EX-Library Book. Stamped aon all 3 edges, Discard stamped in first page, a brief note about the book has been glued to the next 2 pages, Title page has been punched with the library name
CONTENTS
I THE LURE OF CATHAY The river of ideas-Marco Polo creates the lure of Cathay-Columbus seeks a direct western route-Spaniards find their El Dorado in Mexico and Peru-Portuguese reach Cathay by rounding the Cape of Good Hope-French explore the St. Lawrence River and thereby find fortune in furs-English seek Cathay by the Northwest Passage-Drake explores the Pacific-Dutch colonise the Hudson River-East India Company enters the Orient-Hui Sien, Chinese missionary, discovers America in 499 A.D.
II FRENCH FUR TRADERS 18 Idea of the St. Lawrence route developed by the French--Champlain-Joliet-Marquette-La Salle-Mississippi Company-Beaver, fur and fashion-Hudson's Bay Company-French fur traders-La Vwins the fur country of Canada from the French.
III CHINESE INFLUENCE ON EUROPE 29 Ideas of China influence Europe-China tea introduced into England by a Portuguese Princess-Chinese porcelain--Chinoiseries-Chinese influence on literature, architecture and gardens-Dutch East India Company-Luxury of the Nabobs-An embassy that failed-Northwest Passage sought by way of the Pacific.
IV OVERLAND TO THE PACIFIC 37 Scottish merchants of Montreal take over the French fur-trade route-St. Annes-Alexander Mackenzie reaches the Arctic by the Mackenzie River-Americans enter the tea trade with China-Canton the fur market of the Orient-Captain Cook in the Pacific-Nootka and the fur traders-Alexander Mackenzie crosses the Canadian Rockies to reach the Pacific-Captain Vancouver-Alexander Mackenzie's plan of an Imperial Company to dominate the Pacific-David Thompson-Simon Fraser.
V ASTORIAN ADVENTURE 49 Idea of Astoria-John Jacob Astor, fur trader and tea merchant, plans with Jefferson to anticipate the British-Lewis and Clarke Expedition-The Tonquin-Sandwich Islands-Astoria-Outmanoeuvred by the Nor'westersDonald Mackenzie as Machiavelli-The Beaver Club celebrates-Patriotism tempered with business-Growth of tea drinking among fur traders-John McLoughlin at Fort Vancouver on the Columbia.
VI WATERWAYS 59 Transportation by waterway-Canoes run on time-Masters of the Wilderness-Princely fare-Meeting place at Fort William-Route of the Nor'westers-York boats and batteaux-Tom Moore's Canadian boat song.
VII CANADA IN THE FORTIES 70 Lachine-Donald A. Smith arrives-Canada in 1838-First Canadian railway-Lord Durham's vision-Early railroads in the United States-Canada lags behind-Tide of immigration-Roads-Canals and waterways-Shipbuilding in Canada-Allan Line the pioneer-Colonisation -William Lyon Mackenzie-John A. Macdonald-James Douglas.
VIII OPENING OF CHINA AND JAPAN 84 Lure of the Pacific continues-Opium Trade-Chinese War of 184o makes Hong Kong a British Colony-Hawaii -Australia-New Zealand-Gold discovered in California -Japan opened to European trade by Commodore Perry-Hong Kong enlarged following Chinese War of 186o.
IX COLUMBIA AND FRASER RIVERS 93 Sir George Simpson's overland trip round the world-Simpson Pass-Sitka-Hawaiian fashions-The Columbia River-Oregon boundary question-Hudson's Bay Company moves to Fort Victoria on Vancouver Island-Fraser River now the route to the interior-New Caledonia renamed British Columbia-Cariboo gold rush.
X PIERCING MOUNTAIN BARRIERS 105 Milton and Cheadle declare for the Northwest Passage by land-Walter Moberly discovers the Eagle Pass over the Gold Range-How the Kicking Horse River got its name-Bute Inlet comes into the picture-Alfred Wadding-ton's abortive effort.
XI NEW BLOOD FROM SCOTLAND 114 Atlantic Service and the Allans-More new blood from Scotland-George Stephen brings new ideas on merchandising-Colonel Garnet Wolseley on the Chinese-The Bank of Montreal-R. B. Angus.
XII RAILWAYS AND EXPLORATION 123 John A. Macdonald on transportation-Roads and railways-The United States rushes into railroad construction-Canadian promoters-Interest in the western prairies -Captain John Palliser-S. J. Dawson-Henry Youle Hind -The Red River settlement asks for a road-First steamers on the Red River-John A. Macdonald looks to the East-The Intercolonial Railway-Sandford Fleming.
XIII CONFEDERATION 137 Political ideas bring a new current to swell the stream--Immigration-Leaders in the idea of Confederation-John A. Macdonald, Dr. Charles Tupper-Georges Etienne Cartier-Alexander T. Galt-George Brown-D'Arcy McGee-Disraeli and "those wretched Colonies"-British North America Act.
XIV RED RIVER EXPEDITION 146 Louis Riel's Rebellion of 1870-Secretary O'Donaghue--Donald A. Smith a peacemaker from Canada-John A. Macdonald fears American intervention-Colonel Garnet Wolseley commands the Red River Expedition-The Dawson road-A bloodless victory-The Canadian voyageur.
XV THE FIRST PACIFIC RAILWAY 157 British Columbia enters Confederation on condition that the Canadian Pacific Railway be built-Surveys start at once-Routes found over the Yellowhead and Howse Passes through the Canadian Rockies-Delays due to Bute Inlet-Romance and dangers of surveying-Political trouble at Ottawa-The "Pacific Scandal" puts Macdonald out of office.
XVI GOVERNMENT CONSTRUCTION 173 Donald Smith works for immigration into the Canadian West-Father Lacombe-Jim Hill-Norman W. Kittson and the Red River Transportation Company-Alexander Mackenzie goes slow-Royal Northwest Mounted Police organised-The first C.P.R. locomotive the Countess of Duflerin arrives at Winnipeg-Burrard Inlet selected as Pacific outlet for the railway-Moody on its military value-Andrew Onderdonk gets contracts for construction: imports Chinese labour.
XVII MACDONALD NEGOTIATES 190 The idea of Imperialism flows in-Macdonald and Disraeli-Sir John Rose as London adviser-Ice bridge at Winnipeg-The Pembina Branch-Money made in the St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad-"Get their money" says John Henry Pope-George Stephen as a coy fiancis turned down by the Grand Trunk -Agreement with the Syndicate-Terms better for the government than previously considered necessary-Macdonald steam-rollers the charter through Parliament.
XVIII GEORGE STEPHEN AT THE HELM 212 George Stephen's gigantic problems-Plans for settlement-Early officers-Major A. B. Rogers surveys for a new pass over the Selkirks-Route located further south-Marquis of Lorne as propagandist-"Truth" and the "Dominion Bubble"-Van Horne is appointed general manager.
XIX HUSTLE AND PROGRESS 231 The idea of hustle-Van Horne's career and ideals-Winnipeg's cold reception-Forgotten in the boom-Father Lacombe-Northwest Mounted Police keep order in the railroad camps-A record in construction-Kicking Horse Pass route authorised-Manitoba versus the Dominion-Provincial railway charter disallowed-Macdonald demands speed on Lake Superior Section-Acquisitions in the East.
XX NEW ROUTE THROUGH MOUNTAINS 248 Attacks by the Grand Trunk-Jim Hill withdraws-Ships on the Great Lakes-More eastern extensions-Construction reaches the Great Divide-H. S. Holt and James Ross-Sandford Fleming sent to confirm Rogers Pass as practical route-Financial Clouds-Guarantee purchased for dividend.
XXI FINANCE AND MOUNTAIN CAMPS 258 Loan of $22,500,000 requested-Macdonald tries to make the railway political-Duncan McIntyre resigns-Shaughnessy goes up-Stephen's policy towards the Grand Trunk -Construction north of Lake Superior-Tough town at Yale-Strikes-Morley Roberts' vivid picture of the mountain camps-Van Horne makes an inspection trip-Two days' starvation does not destroy his optimism-Stephen goes to England to arrange Trans-Pacific service.
XXII NEAR-RUIN AND REBELLION 279 Canadian Pacific faces bankruptcy-Macdonald disturbed but unwilling to pay more-British Columbia shuts out Chinese labour-No money for payroll-Strikes in the Camps-Riel Rebellion shows military value of the railway-Van Horne's masterly handling of troop movements -Macdonald relents but postpones relief till his Franchise Bill is passed-Loan of $5,000,00o authorised at the eleventh hour-Stephen secures money in England-$8,000,000 of loans repaid to government.
XXIII THE LAST SPIKE 292 Onderdonk pays off his men-Pagans and Christians-Driving of the last spike at Craigellachie-Iron not Gold-Sir Donald Smith wields the hammer-Sidelights on history-Lord Lansdowne's tribute-Message from Queen Victoria-Major Rogers and the uncashed cheque-Stephen in England has his eye on the Pacific-Knighthoods for Stephen and Smith.
XXIV FIRST THROUGH TRANSCONTINENTAL 303 City of Vancouver incorporated-Catering for far eastern travellers-Hotel System inaugurated-Obligations to Canadian Government repaid-First through transcontinental train-Sir John Macdonald visits British Columbia -Commercial telegraphs-New ideas-Chief Crowfoot's thanks-Atlantic Service on the tapis.
XXV PACIFIC SERVICE AND PRAIRIES 311 Lord Salisbury's fear of Russia-Military value of Canadian Pacific realised-Temporary service started on the Pacific-Oriental traffic realised-Extension of main line to Vancouver-Renaming mountain peaks-Manitoba railway charters disallowed-Annexationist propaganda-Red River Valley Railway-George Francis Train suggests a remedy.
XXVI VAN HORNE RAMPANT 323 Canadian Pacific waives the Monopoly Clause-Stephen resigns in favour of Van Horne-Stephen's valedictory message-Van Home's magnetic personality-Art and advertising-Manitoba once more demands its rights-The mock battle of Fort Whyte-Van Home replies to Grand Trunk attacks-Interstate Commerce Committee investigates-Growing coolness of Macdonald-Stephen threatens to leave the Board.
XXVII ORIENT AND CROW'S NEST PASS 335 Mail Subsidy granted for Pacific Service-Three Empresses ordered-Shaughnessy sent to the Orient-The ChFrontenac-Americans as well as British feel the lure of the Orient-"Soo" Line extended to join Canadian Pacific in the West-Van Horne on guard against Hill-New route across the Canadian Rockies by the Crow's Nest Pass-Gold and Coal in Southern British Columbia-Depression strikes North America-Stephen gets a peerage -Why he sold out his Canadian Pacific shares-Van Home is knighted-Canadian Pacific attracts American interest.
XXVIII LORD STRATHCONA, IMPERIALIST 345 Sir Donald Smith comes to the front-A student of Aristotle-Becomes high commissioner and Lord Strathcona--An immigration propagandist-Finds a co-worker in Clifford Sifton-Strathcona's Horse-Prosperity returns in full flood-Van Horne now chairman yields presidency to Shaughnessy-His record.
XXIX SHAUGHNESSY'S R351 Sidelights on Shaughnessy-A level-headed organiser-No political entanglements-Gold rush to the Yukon-Coastal service established in British Columbia-Russia and the Orient-A Royal Train-Atlantic service inaugurated by purchase of Elder Dempster Fleet-Mail subsidy shared with Allan Line-New method of financing-The irrigation block-Liberals support rival railways-C.P.R. goes on building-Laurier and Strathcona propose All Red Line from Great Britain to Australasia-Shaughnessy opposes as premature-The Oriental problem in B.C.
XXX EXTENSIONS AND COLONISATION 367 Huge C.P.R. programme-Shaughnessy now chairman and president-Van Horne's philosophy-Reciprocity--Colonisation-Austrian adventure-Death of Strathcona.
XXXI C.P.R. AND THE WAR 374 War-Military record of the C.P.R.-Steamship patrols on Atlantic and Pacific-Losses by enemy action-Angus Shops manufacture shells-Dilution of labour-Purchasing for the Allies-Enlistments and veterans.
XXXII E. W. BEATTY STEPS UP 384 Shaughnessy resigns presidency in favour of E. W. Beatty -First Canadian-born president-Personal traits-Other Canadian Railways go bankrupt and are absorbed into a government system-Lord Shaughnessy's warning disregarded-The bogey of monopoly again-The Canadian Pacific goes ahead with record programme of construction -Steamships-Hotels-Smelters-Colonisation.
XXXIII THE RAILWAY AS CITIZEN 399 Burden on tax-payers from deficits on state-owned railways-The idea of citizenship comes into play-E. W. Beatty's suggested remedy-Changing conditions in regard to railways-United front recommended against other forms of transportation-Part played by Canadian Pacific in development of Canada-An outstanding leader.
FOLD OUT MAP 407
BIBLIOGRAPHY 41I
INDEX 415
ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOR
Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal, G.C.M.G., G.C.V.O. (Donald A. Smith)Frontispiece
Chinese House of a High Mandarin of the Time of Marco Polo 16
Sir Alexander Mackenzie 40
Sir John A. Macdonald, G.C.B.82
Kicking Horse Pass 112
The Pass188
Baron Mount Stephen, G.C.V.O. (George Stephen)212
R. B. Angus220
Sir William Cornelius Van Horne, K.C.M.G.230
Grain Elevators on the Canadian Prairies272
Bow River and Fairholme Range at Banff316
Baron Shaughnessy (T. G. Shaughnessy)352
ChFrontenac, Quebec 360
Empress of Japan362
Sir Edward Beatty, G.B.E. 380
Empress of Britain 396
OTHER ILLUSTRATIONS
The Last Voyage of Henry Hudson14
The Northwest Passage15
Tartar Wall at Peking30
Flower Pagoda at Canton 30
Native Village in Hawaii31
Sea Otter31
Launch of the North West America, 1786, at Nootka46
Captain Robert Gray's Ship The Lady Washington attacked by Hostile Indians off Vancouver Island46
Kootenai Fort47
Simon Fraser Shooting the Rapids of the Fraser River47
John Jacob Astor Driving a Sleigh from Lachine to Montreal62
Astoria62
Hongs at Canton, 184063
Pagoda Anchorage-Whampoa, Canton River, 184063
Arrival of Selkirk Settlers78
Types of Colonists, Selkirk Settlement78
Lord Selkirk's Grant of Assiniboia79
Hudson Bay Mail in Winter79
Governor Simpson on an Inspection Trip of Hudson's Bay Company's Fort94
Working a Canoe at a Rapid94
York Boat95
Rafts and Durham Boat on the St. Lawrence95
S. S. Beaver, First Steamer on the Pacific, off Fort Victoria-1846 98
Old Time Indian Canoes at Sault Ste. Marie98
Citadel of Quebec in 184099
Montreal in 184099
Kambara106
Cherry Trees in Yoshino106
Sacramento in Gold Rush Days-1849107
Simpson Pass110
Blaze on Tree Left by Sir George Simpson's Guide, James Rowand, on Simpson Pass-1841110
Cariboo Road in the Thompson River Canyon111
Cariboo Road on the Fraser River Canyon111
Vermillion Paint Pot126
Vermillion Pass126
Night-Gipsy (Blood Indian)127
Far-Away-Cough (Blackfoot Indian)127
Buffalo Trails127
The Last of England142
S. S. Sarmatian143
Homathco Canyon, Bute Inlet158
Boat Encampment, Big Bend, Columbia River159
Yale, Head of Navigation on the Fraser River159
Colonists Embarking at Liverpool for Canada-1870174
Colonists for Manitoba-1870174
The Fathers of Confederation175
Winnipeg in 1872190
Lake Shebaunaning, Dawson Road190
Red River Expedition at Sault Ste. Marie190
Portage at Kakabeeka Falls-Red River Expedition191
Physiographical Map of British Columbia (1874) Showing the Formidable Barrier of the Coast Range194
The Barrier of the Cariboo Mountains Preventing a Direct Line from the Yellowhead Pass to Bute Inlet195
S. S. Ontario of the Beatty Line in 1872, Afterwards Taken Over for the Canadian Pacific Great Lakes Service195
Stagecoach on Cariboo Trail202
First Locomotive on the Canadian Pacific Railway202
Station "Northcote" on the St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad-1881202
Sailing Ship at Port Moody with Rails for the C. P. R.203
Sailing Ships on Burrard Inlet203
Tunnel No. 1 (above Yale) Showing the Cariboo Road Alongside 206
Laying Track (1881) in the Lower Fraser Valley 206
Making Cariboo Road into the Railway, Fraser Canyon Section 207
Tunnel under Construction, Fraser Canyon 207
The Skuzzy, Built by Onderdonk to Navigate the Rapids of the Fraser River222
Cariboo Road and Original C. P. R. Bridge at Skuzzum, B. C.222
Mount Stephen223
The Marquis of Lorne, Governor-General, Holds a Powwow with Indians at Black Feet Crossing223
Lake Louise, Discovered by Tom Wilson, 1883238
C. P. R. Construction on the Prairies239
Construction on the North Shore Railway, Quebec. Later Absorbed by the C. P. R.239
First Train into Calgary-August, 1883 254
Medicine Hat-1884254
Road House on the Columbia-1884254
Tunnel-North of Lake Superior255
Red Sucker Trestle Bridge (1884) North of Lake Superior255
Bridge over Nipigon River under Construction255
Surveyor's Camp on Rogers Pass270
Mount Sir Donald, Originally Named Syndicate Peak270
Buffalo Bones Being Shipped from Prairies at Regina271
Emerald Lake271
Troops Leaving Dalhousie Station, Montreal, Via C. P. R., to Suppress Riel Rebellion, 1885286
Canadian Troops En Route for the West, 1885286
Chief Crowfoot of the Blackfoot Indians287
Chief Poundmaker of the Cree Indians 287
On the March against Riel287
Map of Lines in the East Absorbed by the Canadian Pacific up to 1885290
Immigrants291
The Driving of the Last Spike by Donald A. Smith (Lord Strathcona) at Craigellachie-Nov. 7, 1885298
Temporary Bridge over the Columbia at Farwell (now Revelstoke)299
Mountain Creek Bridge in the Selkirks 299
Trestle Bridge near Jackfish, North of Lake Superior, Where Construction Gangs from the East Met Those from the West in May, 1885299
Watch Given to Major Rogers for Discovery of Rogers Pass302
Souvenir Timetable of First Through Transcontinental Train302
Sir John A. Macdonald Crossing Rogers Pass on His First Transcontinental Trip to the Pacific Coast303
Loading Tea from China at Port Moody-1886318
Real Estate Office on Burrard Inlet318
S. S. Parthia-Chartered for Pacific Service of the C. P. R.-1886319
S. S. Abyssinia-Chartered for Pacific Service on the C. P. R.319
The Original Vancouver Hotel-1887334
The Present Vancouver Hotel-Completed 1915334
Figurehead on the First Empress of Japan Now in Stanley Park, Vancouver335
The Empress of India335
The Original Chalet at Lake Louise350
Chateau Lake Louise350
Quebec Showing the Original Chateau Frontenac with Allan Line S. S. Parisian in the St. Lawrence351
Manitoba Harvest Scene351
Trainload of Settlers from the Dakotas for the Canadian Prairies 351
Fraser River Canyon366
Royal Train on the Big Hill, Kicking Horse Pass-1901367
Van Horne's Painting of a Railroad Yard Inspired by Rudyard Kipling's ".007" in The Day's Work367
Kootenay Lake Steamship S. S. Sicamous382
Crow's Nest Pass382
The Great Smelter at Trail, B. C. 383
Mine Crew Entering Sullivan Mine, East Kootenay, B. C., for a Two-Mile Underground Ride383
Empress of Russia in Camouflage386
S. S. Missanabie, with Contingents for the Great War, Leaving Montreal386
Troops Guarding Cisco Bridge, Fraser River Canyon 387
Women Workers at Angus Shops387
Compressor for Baling Hay at Angus Shops during the War387
Sir Edward Beatty, G.B.E. (Center) with Alexander Gillie, Original Engineer, and Lott Britton, Original Fireman of the Locomotive "Lucy Dalton"394
Rock Drillers on the Selkirk Tunnel under Rogers Pass394
Canadian Pacific Train Leaving Windsor Station, Montreal395
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