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1961 [ 23] SS Mardi Gras (1972–1993); SS Olympic, SS Star of Texas, SS Lucky Star, SS Apollo, and SS Apollon. Atlantic, 1961–1972; Caribbean (1972–2003) 2003. In 1971, the company changed its name to CP Ships Ltd. Container ships were added to the fleet in response to changing times. CP SHIPS FLEET.
1881 Canadian Pacific Railway was founded. 1891 Shipping assets are incorporated into Canadian Pacific Steamship Company. 1915 Name changed to Canadian Pacific Steamships Ocean Services Ltd. 1971 Name changed to CP Ships Ltd. 2001 CP Ships Ltd. is spun out from the conglomerate Canadian Pacific Limited and became an independent company.
The Canadian National Railway Company[a] (French: Compagnie des chemins de fer nationaux du Canada) (reporting mark CN) is a Canadian Class I freight railway headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, which serves Canada and the Midwestern and Southern United States. [3][4]
The Canadian Pacific Railway (French: Chemin de fer Canadien Pacifique) (reporting marks CP, CPAA, MILW, SOO), also known simply as CPR or Canadian Pacific and formerly as CP Rail (1968–1996), is a Canadian Class I railway incorporated in 1881. The railway is owned by Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited, known until 2023 as Canadian Pacific ...
The Canadian Pacific Railway began its westward expansion from Bonfield, Ontario (previously called Callander Station), where the first spike was driven into a sunken railway tie. Bonfield was inducted into Canadian Railway Hall of Fame in 2002 at the CPR first spike location. That was the point where the Canada Central Railway extension ended ...
The Pacific Princesses: an illustrated history of Canadian Pacific Railway's Princess fleet on the Northwest Coast. Winlaw, British Columbia: Sono Nis Press. OCLC 254451187 _____. (1987). West of the Great Divide : an Illustrated History of the Canadian Pacific Railway in British Columbia, 1880-1986. Victoria, British Columbia: Sono Nis Press.
In 1884, CPR began purchasing sailing ships as part of a railway supply service on the Great Lakes.Over time, CPR became a railroad company with widely organized water transportation auxiliaries including the Canadian Pacific Railway Upper Lake Service (Great Lakes), the trans-Pacific service, the British Columbia Coast Service, the British Columbia Lake and River Service, the trans-Atlantic ...
Canada has a large and well-developed railway system that primarily transports freight. There are two major publicly traded transcontinental freight railway systems, Canadian National (CN) and Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC). Nationwide passenger services are provided by the federal crown corporation Via Rail, and three international ...