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Intercolonial Railway
The Intercolonial Railway of Canada ,〔Railway Equipment and Publication Company, (The Official Railway Equipment Register ), June 1917, p. 364〕 also referred to as the Intercolonial Railway (ICR), was a historic Canadian railway that operated from 1872 to 1918, when it became part of Canadian National Railways. As the railway was also completely owned and controlled by the federal government, the Intercolonial was also one of Canada's first Crown corporations.
==Origins==
The idea of a railway connecting Britain's North American colonies arose as soon as the railway age began in the 1830s. In the decades following the War of 1812 and ever-mindful of the issue of security, the colonies of Upper and Lower Canada (later the Province of Canada after 1840) wished to improve land-based transportation with the Atlantic coast colonies of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, and to a lesser extent Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland. A railway connection from the Province of Canada to the British colonies on the coast would serve a vital military purpose during the winter months when the waters of the Gulf of St. Lawrence and St. Lawrence River were frozen and shipping was impossible, but it would similarly serve an economic purpose for the Maritimes by opening up year-round access to new markets.〔Robert F. legget, ''Railways of Canada, (Douglas & McIntyre, 1973), page. 56〕
Significant surveys were conducted throughout the 1830s–1850s. Several rival routes emerged: a southern, a central, and a northern route. In 1849, Major William Robinson recommended the northern route as most secure from American attack.〔Jay Underwood, ''Built for War: Canada's Intercolonial Railway'' (Railfare Books, 2005) page 29.〕 Funding talks were established between the various colonial administrations and the British government, but progress remained slow and little was accomplished beyond talk.
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