Trailblazer Guide Books

I've said it before and I'll say it again, Trailblazer guides take some beating.
 - Adventure Travel

INTRODUCTION

PART 1: PLANNING YOUR TRIP

Routes and costs
Route options - Breaking your journey - Costs - Rail tickets, passes and fares

When to go

Making a booking
With a tour or on your own? - VIA Rail sales agents - Making a booking in Britain - In Continental Europe - In Canada - In the USA - In Australasia - In South Africa - In Asia

Visas and medical insurance
Visas - Medical insurance

What to take
Clothes - Medical supplies - Money - Background reading

PART 2: CANADA

Facts about the country
Geographical background (climate, transport and communications, flora and fauna) - Historical outline - The Quebec issue - Economy - The people - Government - Education and social welfare - Religion

Practical information for the visitor
Documents - Arriving in Canada - Hotels - Local transport - Electricity - Time - Money - Post and telecommunications - Newspapers - Holidays - Festivals - Food - Drink - What to do in the evening 46 - Shopping - Taxes - Crime

PART 3: TRANS-CANADA RAILWAY

Building the first trans-Canada railway
Canada before the railway - The Pacific scandal - The railway under the Liberals - Over to the CPR - Dangers and difficulties - On the verge of bankruptcy - Completion of the railway - Early railway service

Into the 20th century: CNR and VIA Rail
Two more transcontinental lines - The CNR takes over

The lines today
The Canadian - The Ocean - The Corridor -The Skeena - The Rocky Mountaineer - The Hudson Bay

PART 4: CITY GUIDES AND PLANS

Halifax
History - Arriving in Halifax - Getting around
Orientation - Services - Where to stay - Where to eat Map - Nightlife - What to see - Festivals - Moving on

Quebec City
History - Arriving in Quebec City - Getting around
Orientation - Services - Where to stay - Where to eat Map - Nightlife - What to see - Festivals - Moving on

Montreal
History -Arriving in Montreal - Getting around
Orientation - Services - Where to stay - Where to eat Map - Nightlife - What to see - Festivals - Moving on

Toronto
History - Arriving in Toronto - Getting around
Orientation - Services - Where to stay - Where to eat Map - Nightlife - What to see - Festivals - Moving on

Winnipeg
History - Getting around
Orientation - Services - Where to stay - Where to eat Map - Nightlife - What to see - Festivals - Moving on

Edmonton
History - Getting around - Orientation - Services - Where to stay - Where to eat - Nightlife - What to see - Map - Festivals - Moving on

Jasper
History - Getting around - Orientation - Services - Where to stay - Where to eat - Nightlife - What to see - Map - Festivals - Moving on

Calgary
History - Arriving in Calgary - Getting around
Orientation - Services - Where to stay - Where to eat Map - Nightlife - What to see - Festivals - Moving on

Vancouver
History -  Arriving in Vancouver - Getting around
Orientation - Services - Where to stay - Where to eat Map - Nightlife - What to see - Festivals - Moving on

Churchill
History - Getting around - Orientation - Services - Where to stay - Where to eat - Nightlife - What to see - Map - Festivals - Moving on

PART 5: ROUTE GUIDES AND MAPS

Using this guide
Railway subdivisions, mile markers, signal masts, station names, stops, time zones

The Ocean: Halifax to Montreal
Halifax – Charny (for Quebec City) - Montreal

The Corridor route: Montreal to Toronto
Montreal - Toronto

The Canadian: Toronto to Vancouver
Toronto - Winnipeg - Saskatoon - Edmonton - Jasper - Kamloops - (see Rocky Mountaineer below for continuation of route)

The Skeena: Jasper to Prince Rupert
Jasper - Prince George - Prince Rupert

The Hudson Bay: Winnipeg to Churchill
Winnipeg - Churchill

The Rocky Mountaineer: Calgary to Vancouver
Calgary - Banff - Kamloops - Vancouver

The Whistler Mountaineer: Vancouver to Whistler
Vancouver - Whistler

APPENDICES

A Timetables
B French words and phrases
C Bibliography

INDEX