Our View – The Last Spike

The Last Spike of the Canadian Pacific Railway was the final spike driven into the Canadian Pacific Railway at Craigellachie, British Columbia on November 7, 1885. It was driven in by CPR railroad financier Donald Smith, marking the end of a saga of natural disasters, financial crises and rebellion that plagued Canada’s first transcontinental railroad from its beginning.

Submitted on: September 23 2015