Life At The Turn Of The Century vs. Now
Driving the Last Spike
The Canadian Pacific Railway was the first rail line to link Canada’s Atlantic coast with its Pacific coast. Donald Smith (the railroad's chief financial backer) drove the last spike in a ceremony at Eagle Pass, British Columbia, on November 7, 1885. Construction of the line fulfilled a promise to the province of British Columbia, which had joined the Dominion of Canada only on conditions that it be linked to the eastern provinces by rail.
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