Widely held as one of the most informative and important histories of the construction and first years of operation of the Canadian Pacific transcontinental railway, this vibrant new addition of Vanhorn’s road has been re-formatted and re-designed for a new generation of readers. It stands as a permanent tribute to the people responsible for building what has been called Canada’s “national highway”.
Containing more than 450 photographs, illustrations and historic documents - supplemented by 40 maps and diagrams designed by the author – "Van Horne’s Road" presents a coast-to-coast account of what indisputably stands as one of the most significant undertakings in the history of this country. For armchair railroaders, historians, students – anyone fascinated by Canadian history - "Van Horne's Road" is a sweeping pictorial of the railroad that forged a nation.