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For students 

Find out:

  • when the Last Spike was driven at Craigellachie, BC
  • how CPR sold "ready-made farms" to help settle the West
  • why railcars were used as traveling classrooms
  • how long an average freight train traveling at 100 km/h requires to stop

Download the story of the Canadian Pacific railway (PDF, 2.62 Mb)

Kids games

Find out how how much you know about CP.

Download our quiz and word games (PDF, 337 kb)

School resources

There are hundreds of resources in libraries, in museums and on the internet that can help you to continue learning about Canadian Pacific.

Our favourite books, websites, museums, and railways (PDF, 54 kb)

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