Now that Canada had all that land in the West, they needed to solidify their ownership. They also were trying to entice British Columbia into Canada. The solution they came up with was to build a railway to enable setters to come to Western Canada to farm and ship their wheat around the world. The railway would also enable B.C. to be connected to the rest of Canada. Much of Canada's history has been resisting the pulls North and South. The people of the Maritimes on the East coast traded North and South with their ships. The people on the prairies travelled North and South on the prairies. The people on the West coast travelled North and South, having the Rockies as a barrier to going East.
For homesteading to happen, the people presently living on the prairies had to be dealt with. This was the numbered treaties as mentioned in a previous blog. More information here about our history
1. Manitoba Confederation, B.C. Confederation, the signing of the treaties then the engineering feet of the railway across Canada. This is all done for what? (hint-sett___ to fa__)
-More details here on the railway that helped to erase the buffalo and make wheat king, and that also tied the country together East to West.
2. More about the Canadian Pacific Railway here. How did the railway make a difference with how the Canadian government treated Riel's led rebellions of 1870 and 1885?
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More about the CPR here
3. Besides money, how would you compensate the CPR for building the railway? Think of what Canada has lots and lots to offer (hint, where Ingenious people used to live).
Then the wave of immigration
