Canada's Great Highway by J. H. E. Secretan
The book Canada's Great Highway by J. H. E. Secretan (1852–1926), published in 1924, is a book about the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway. Most of the book is reproduced here; the table of contents and the illustrations will be added shortly.
Contents:
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: Early Days
- Chapter 2: Organization
- Chapter 3: British Columbia
- Chapter 4: British Columbia (continued)
- Chapter 5: Bute Inlet
- Chapter 6: Home Via Panama
- Chapter 7: The Canadian Pacific Railway Company, 1881
- Chapter 8: Sir William Van Horne
- Chapter 9: Indians
- Chapter 10: The Birth of Brandon
- Chapter 11: Selecting a Station
- Chapter 12: The Englishman
- Chapter 13: Dick Turpin
- Chapter 14: The Murder
- Chapter 15: The Sheriff
- Chapter 16: Major Rogers
- Chapter 17: Construction
- Chapter 18: The Lost Dog and a Bear Hunt
- Chapter 19: Recollections of a Rebellion
- Chapter 20: Royal Canadian Mounted Police
- Chapter 21: A Prospector's Funeral on the Banks of the Yukon River
- Chapter 22: The Last Spike