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File:LastSpike Craigellachie BC Canada.jpg

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English: 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.

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This image is available from Library and Archives Canada under the reproduction reference number C-003693 and under the MIKAN ID number 3194527

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Author Ross, Alexander, Best & Co., Winnipeg
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current13:48, 7 November 2013Thumbnail for version as of 13:48, 7 November 20131,600 × 1,170 (1.07 MB)SoerfmLevels
06:14, 20 December 2011Thumbnail for version as of 06:14, 20 December 20111,600 × 1,170 (366 KB)Crisco 1492Higher resolution, from http://www.britannica.com/bps/media-view/140251/1/0/0
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14:18, 21 March 2005Thumbnail for version as of 14:18, 21 March 2005640 × 448 (52 KB)Voyager

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