Expansion of Canadian Pacific Railway

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Expansion_of_Canadian_Pacific_Railway

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:affects	gptkb:Canadian_economy Indigenous people immigration to Canada
gptkbp:associatedWith	gptkb:John_A._Macdonald gptkb:George_Stephen gptkb:Donald_Smith gptkb:William_Cornelius_Van_Horne
gptkbp:beganIn	1881
gptkbp:commemoratedBy	gptkb:Last_Spike_ceremony
gptkbp:completedIn	1885
gptkbp:crosses	gptkb:Prairies gptkb:Rocky_Mountains gptkb:Canadian_Shield
gptkbp:dateOfLastSpike	November 7, 1885
gptkbp:enables	economic development settlement of Western Canada
gptkbp:expansion	gptkb:Alberta gptkb:British_Columbia gptkb:Manitoba gptkb:Ontario gptkb:Quebec gptkb:Saskatchewan gptkb:Maritimes
gptkbp:fundedBy	gptkb:Government_of_India private investors
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Expansion of Canadian Pacific Railway
gptkbp:involves	thousands of workers Chinese labourers
gptkbp:ledTo	displacement of Indigenous peoples creation of new towns
gptkbp:locationOfLastSpike	gptkb:Craigellachie,_British_Columbia
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Canadian_Pacific_Railway
gptkbp:requires	bridge construction tunneling engineering feats cutting through mountains
gptkbp:resultedIn	completion of transcontinental railway
gptkbp:route	Montreal to Vancouver
gptkbp:significance	connected Eastern and Western Canada
gptkbp:spurred	gptkb:urban_development agricultural development resource extraction
gptkbp:subjectOf	documentaries museum exhibits Canadian history books
gptkbp:usedFor	gptkb:aircraft passenger transport freight transport
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:North-West_Rebellion gptkb:Sir_Thomas_George_Shaughnessy
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6