Last spike (Canadian Pacific Railway)
1885 ceremony celebrating the completion of Canada's first transcontinental railway / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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A ceremonial final spike was driven into the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) at Craigellachie, British Columbia, at 9:22 am on November 7, 1885. It was driven in by CPR railway financier Donald Smith, Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal, marking the end to a saga of natural disasters, financial crises, and even rebellion that plagued Canada's first transcontinental railway from its beginning.[1]