The construction of this railway just north of the international boundary was supervised by Andrew McCulloch, operated from 1916 to 1979 when the last segment was abandoned. The Kettle Valley Railway was famous for its many bridges, tunnels and snowsheds. ...
LOCATION: Fredericton Campus of the University of New Brunswick DESCRIPTION: The Old Arts Building, constructed 1826-1829,is the oldest University Building still in use in Canada. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE: The Old Arts Building is the location of the first...
LOCATION – 45o 27’ 30” N 73o 36’ 42” W In 1689, François Dollier de Casson, Superior of the Sulpician Order at the Séminaire de Saint-Sulpice de Montréal, initiated the first attempt to build a canal that would bypass the treacherous Lachine Rapids. However this...
LOCATION : Waterfront, Thunder Bay, Ontario DESCRIPTION: Reinforced Concrete Grain Elevators HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE: Massive grain elevators have been a dominant feature of the waterfront at Thunder Bay since 1883, when the first terminal was under construction. The...
The Lethbridge Viaduct is the highest and longest steel railway bridge of its type in the world, spanning 1.6 kilometres across the steep banks of the Oldman River, rising 314 feet from the river bed and extending 5,327 feet in length. The design chosen was a steel...
Cape Spear Lighthouse – Blackhead Road, Cape Spear, St. John’s, NL A1C 5H2 47°31′12.1″N52°37′25.0″W Lighthouses full of both of both technical functionality and architectural beauty, built on remote sites strategically scattered around the provincial...
Highway suspension bridge (472 m main span) across the First Narrows; designed by P.L. Pratley, construction supervised by W.G. Swan (1936-1938), and documented by S.R. Banks.
Mosquito Creek Bridge is located in North Vancouver near the intersection of Marine Drive and Fell Avenue. The bridge was designed by A.B. (Sandy) Sanderson and was constructed in 1953. This was the first time that prestressed concrete technology was used in...
LOCATION: CFB Esquimalt, Vancouver Island, British Columbia DESCRIPTION;:Constructed as a joint effort of the British Admiralty, the Government of Canada and the Government of British Columbia, the Esquimalt graving Dock was completed in 1887. Ever since, it has...
Construction of this narrow-gauge railway from St. John’s to Port aux Basques was commenced in 1881 and completed in 1893 by R.G. Reid; abandoned in 1993.
