New World Dreams

Canadian Pacific Railway and the Golden Northwest

David Laurence Jones

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Heritage House Publishing Co Ltd
22 February 2024

Colonialism & imperialism; Migration, immigration & emigration; Population & demography; Trains & railways: general interest

"Best known for its monumental achievements in transportation technology, Canadian Pacific Railway (or ""CP"") was instrumental in constructing the concept-and the reality-of the country we now call Canada. In addition to building the railroad that connected the country from coast to coast, CP was also highly effective at selling the idea of a vast and rich land of opportunity and triggering a massive wave of immigration to what was dubbed the ""Golden Northwest"" (later the provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta). No other independent corporation in the world made such a profound contribution to the creation of a national enterprise, nor outspent a national government in populating its frontiers with settlers from specifically targeted areas, often at the expense of Indigenous populations and their traditional territories.

Tracing the history of this highly influential corporation from the initial CP contract and land grant, historian David Laurence Jones explores CP's involvement in carving out routes to the region, building towns, promoting Western Canada's arable land and economic potential to Europeans and Americans, operating steamships, spearheading some of the largest irrigation projects in the world, and devising unique settlement schemes such as ready-made farms. Illustrated with more than four hundred archival photos and colour advertisements, New World Dreams is the most extensive history of Canadian Pacific ever published."

By: David Laurence Jones
Imprint: Heritage House Publishing Co Ltd
Country of Publication: Canada
Dimensions: Height: 215mm, Width: 279mm,
ISBN: 9781772034554
ISBN 10: 177203455X
Pages: 448
Publication Date: 22 February 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

David Laurence Jones is the former manager of internal communications at Canadian Pacific Railway. A history graduate from Concordia University, he worked for fourteen years in the railway’s corporate archives, researching and collecting stories and anecdotes about the CPR’s rich heritage. He is the author of Railway Nation: Tales of Canadian Pacific—The World’s Greatest Travel System, as well as The Railway Beat, Tales of the CPR, See This World Before the Next, and Famous Name Trains.