Grand Trunk Pacific Railway

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The Grand Trunk Pacific Railway was an early 20th-century Canadian transcontinental railway that played a key role in opening Western Canada to settlement and trade before its assets were absorbed into the national rail system.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf railway company ⓘ
transcontinental railway ⓘ
absorbedInto Canadian National Railway ⓘ
builtBy Grand Trunk Pacific Development Company ⓘ
charteredBy Government of Canada ⓘ
competedWith Canadian Northern Railway ⓘ
Canadian Pacific Railway ⓘ
constructionStart 1905 ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
dissolved 1920 ⓘ
economicImpact expanded access to northern resource areas ⓘ
stimulated town development along its main line ⓘ
era early 20th century ⓘ
financialStatus fell into financial difficulties after World War I ⓘ
gauge standard gauge ⓘ
headquartersLocation Winnipeg, Manitoba ⓘ
historicalSignificance example of Canadian railway overexpansion and subsequent nationalization ⓘ
inception 1903 ⓘ
integratedInto Canadian National Railway western system ⓘ
keyPortDeveloped Prince Rupert, British Columbia ⓘ
legislatedBy Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Act ⓘ
mainLineTerminus Prince Rupert, British Columbia ⓘ
Winnipeg, Manitoba ⓘ
mountainPassUsed Yellowhead Pass ⓘ
nationalizationReason insolvency ⓘ
overbuilding relative to traffic ⓘ
notableStructure Skeena River bridges ⓘ
Yellowhead Pass route ⓘ
openingDate 1914 ⓘ
ownerAfterNationalization Government of Canada ⓘ
parentOrganization Grand Trunk Railway ⓘ
partOf Canadian transcontinental rail network ⓘ
passengerService transcontinental passenger trains ⓘ
primaryPurpose passenger transport ⓘ
transcontinental freight transport ⓘ
regionServed Northern British Columbia ⓘ
Prairie Provinces ⓘ
linked to: Western Canada

Western Canada ⓘ
roleInHistory contributed to development of Prince Rupert as a Pacific port ⓘ
facilitated grain export from the Prairies ⓘ
opened Western Canada to settlement ⓘ
successor Canadian National Railway ⓘ
trackArrangement eastern section operated over National Transcontinental Railway ⓘ
trackOwnership owned western section from Winnipeg to Prince Rupert ⓘ
trafficType general merchandise ⓘ
grain ⓘ
lumber ⓘ

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Canadian National Railway → hasPredecessor → Grand Trunk Pacific Railway ⓘ
Prince Rupert → isTerminusOf → Canadian National Railway line to the Pacific ⓘ
linked to: Grand Trunk Pacific Railway
Canadian National Railway → precededBy → Grand Trunk Pacific Railway ⓘ
subject linked to: CN
National Transcontinental Railway → connectedTo → Grand Trunk Pacific Railway ⓘ
Canadian Northern Railway → competedWith → Grand Trunk Pacific Railway ⓘ
Grand Trunk Pacific Railway → builtBy → Grand Trunk Pacific Development Company ⓘ
linked to: Grand Trunk Pacific Railway
Grand Trunk Railway → owned → Grand Trunk Pacific Railway ⓘ
CalgarysWesternCulture → historicallyLinkedTo → RailwayExpansionInWesternCanada ⓘ
linked to: Grand Trunk Pacific Railway
Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Act → appliesTo → Grand Trunk Pacific Railway ⓘ
Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Act → hasLegalEffectOn → Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Company ⓘ
linked to: Grand Trunk Pacific Railway
Skeena River bridges → carries → former Grand Trunk Pacific Railway line ⓘ
linked to: Grand Trunk Pacific Railway
Skeena River bridges → railwayLine → Grand Trunk Pacific Railway ⓘ
Skeena River bridges → associatedWith → Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Company ⓘ
linked to: Grand Trunk Pacific Railway
Union Station (Winnipeg) → formerOperator → Grand Trunk Pacific Railway ⓘ