Pathfinder for Building the Canadian Railway (Pathfinders feature online resources combined with McMath library resources)         ONLINE RESOURCES Canadian Pacific Railway http://www.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/exhibits/timemach/galler08/frames/cpr.htm Building the railway in BC. Canadian Pacific Railway  (Canadian Confederation site) http://www.collectionscanada.ca/confederation/023001-2959-e.html The importance of the railway construction to Confederation. Building the National Railways, 1851-1885 http://www.canadiana.org/citm/themes/pioneers/pioneers9_e.html Deals with early railways and then the CPR.  Includes information on the Pacific Scandal and Chinese labourers. Canadian Pacific Railway  (Wikipedia) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Pacific_Railway Focus on sections 1.1 and 1.2 for this assignment, though you may wish to read further for additional background. Canadian Pacific Railway - A brief history http://www8.cpr.ca/cms/English/General+Public/Heritage/A+Brief+History.htm Includes links to the CPR Archives and photo gallery. Canadian Pacific Railway http://canadian-pacific-railway.biography.ms/ Provides history and information about the daily life of the navvies, or workers, who built the railway. Rogers Pass - A history of the railroad http://cdnrail.railfan.net/RogersPass/RogersPasstext.htm Focus is on railroad history and construction in the Rockie Mountains. Images Canada - Images of railroad construction in Canada http://www.imagescanada.ca/r1-116-e.php?trail=trail5&sk=26&interval=24 Thumbnail images for expanding.  Most include captions and minimal information. Building of the Railway http://collections.ic.gc.ca/generations/emigrants/railway.html Focus is on Chinese workers. Chinese Canadian History http://www.ccnc.ca/toronto/history/info/info.html The first section of this extensive site is on the Chinese who came to work on the railway. The CPR  (Scattering of Seeds) http://www.whitepinepictures.com/seeds/i/7/sidebar.html Provides a summarized history of the construction of the CPR.         BOOKS IN McMATH LIBRARY 385 HOD                 The kids book of Canada's railway : and how the CPR was built 385.0971 WIL            Railways in Canada : the iron link 625.1 GRE               Chief engineer: life of a nation builder - Sanford Fleming 971.009 MAY             William Van Horne 971.05 BER              The railway pathfinders 971.05 BER              Steel across the plains 971.05 LIV              The railways 971.05 NEL              From the Atlantic to the Pacific: Canadian expansion, 1867-1909 SEE ALSO        Developing the Canadian West • General history of Canada books in 971 • your textbooks • the Canadian Encyclopedia online  (accessible from the library homepage) • Check out biographies of some of the key people using the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online link from the library homepage. Created and maintained by Ms. B. Knoepfel (Teacher-Librarian), McMath Secondary School. Updated March 2007.