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Image: LastSpike Craigellachie BC Canada - cropped

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Description: Last Spike of the CPR - Craigellachie, British Columbia, Canada. Donald Alexander Smith driving the last spike of the Canadian Pacific Railway. Also in the photo are (generally left to right) Albert Bowman Rogers (Surveyor), Michael Haney (Contractor), William Cornelius Van Horne (CPR Manager), Sir Sandford Fleming, Edward Mallandaine (teenager), Henry Cambie (engineer), John Egan (General Superintendent), Sam Steele (NorthWest Mounted Police), James Ross (engineer). The man at the rear of the photo, just right of centre, with a white cowboy hat and moustache, is reputed to be Tom Wilson, guide & outfitter & the first white man to see Lake Louise.
Title: LastSpike Craigellachie BC Canada - cropped
Credit: Library and Archives Canada does not allow free use of its copyrighted works. See Category:Images from Library and Archives Canada.
Author: Ross, Alexander, Best & Co., Winnipeg
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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