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
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