Map by Captain Vancouver of the British Columbia coastline.
The Honorable Donald A. Smith, later Lord Strathcona, hammered the last spike into the ties on November 7, 1885.
First photo of Port Moody, about October 1883, when the locomotive Lytton arrived. 1. Caledonia Hotel; 2. Elgin House; 3. Queen Street crossing; 4. Clarke's boundary; houses near the Caledonia Hotel are the stores of D.B Grant and Mary Ann Extine.
Arrival of first train at Port Moody. The mayor of Victoria presented a bouquet of flowers to Mrs. Simon Hirschberg (lady with white collar).
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