Building Through The Shield

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Coast To Coast

Craig Baird

22 episodes

8 months ago

In this podcast, I will be looking at the history of the construction of the Trans-Continental Railway in Canada, from the people and places who helped make it happen along the way.

Top to bottom, it will cover everything about the amazing accomplishment by a young country.

Don't forget to subscribe to my other podcasts, Canadian History Ehx, From John to Justin and Canada's Great War.

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Building Through The Shield

Coast To Coast

23 minutes

4 years ago

Building Through The Shield

For the surveyors and workers who built the railroad through the Canadian Shield, they would deal with blasting through the hardest rock in the world, huge stretches of muskeg that swallowed tracks, loneliness, danger, extreme heat and cold, along with unrelenting mosquitoes. Support: www.patreon.com/canadaehx Donate: www.canadaehx.com E-mail: craig@canadaehx.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/craigbaird Instagram: @Bairdo37 YouTube: www.youtube.com/c/canadianhistoryehx