[cpha] Re: Royal visits to Canada
- From: G Burridge <gburridge@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: cpha@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2021 18:02:19 -0400
At 12/04/2021 03:47 PM (), you wrote:
This 1937 decoration of 2703 was to commemorate CPR's 50-year
anniversary in Vancouver. 374 also participated.
On Royal Trains, don't forget the 1901 transcontinental train [Duke
& Duchess of Cornwall & York]
The first instance of travel by train in Canada by a royal
would have to have been in 1860 during the visit by the Prince of
Wales on the occasion of the opening of the Victoria Bridge.
Roger
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