The Canadian Northern Railway (CNoR) is a historic Canadian transcontinental railway. At its demise in 1923, when it was merged into the Canadian National Railway (reporting mark CN), the CNoR owned a main line between Quebec City and Vancouver via Ottawa, Winnipeg, and Edmonton.
Read more about Canadian Northern Railway: Manitoba Beginnings, Connecting The Prairies To The Lakehead, Going It Alone, Nationwide Expansion, Obstacles in The Rockies, Steamships, Resort Development, Financial Trouble and Nationalization
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