Grand Trunk Pacific Railway

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railway company transcontinental railway

The Grand Trunk Pacific Railway was an early 20th-century Canadian transcontinental railway that played a key role in opening Western Canada to settlement and trade before its assets were absorbed into the national rail system.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Grand Trunk Pacific Railway canonical	5
Canadian National Railway line to the Pacific	1
Grand Trunk Pacific Development Company	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	railway company ⓘ transcontinental railway ⓘ
absorbedInto	Canadian National Railway ⓘ
builtBy	Grand Trunk Pacific Railway self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Grand Trunk Pacific Development Company
charteredBy	Canadian federal government (Ottawa) ⓘ surface form: Government of Canada
competedWith	Canadian Northern Railway ⓘ Canadian Pacific Railway ⓘ
constructionStart	1905 ⓘ
country	Canada ⓘ
dissolved	1920 ⓘ
economicImpact	expanded access to northern resource areas ⓘ stimulated town development along its main line ⓘ
era	early 20th century ⓘ
financialStatus	fell into financial difficulties after World War I ⓘ
gauge	standard gauge ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada ⓘ surface form: Winnipeg, Manitoba
historicalSignificance	example of Canadian railway overexpansion and subsequent nationalization ⓘ
inception	1903 ⓘ
integratedInto	Canadian National Railway ⓘ surface form: Canadian National Railway western system
keyPortDeveloped	Prince Rupert, British Columbia ⓘ
legislatedBy	Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Act ⓘ
mainLineTerminus	Prince Rupert, British Columbia ⓘ Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada ⓘ surface form: Winnipeg, Manitoba
mountainPassUsed	Yellowhead Pass ⓘ
nationalizationReason	insolvency ⓘ overbuilding relative to traffic ⓘ
notableStructure	Skeena River bridges ⓘ Yellowhead Pass route ⓘ
openingDate	1914 ⓘ
ownerAfterNationalization	Canadian federal government (Ottawa) ⓘ surface form: Government of Canada
parentOrganization	Grand Trunk Railway ⓘ
partOf	Canadian transcontinental rail network ⓘ
passengerService	transcontinental passenger trains ⓘ
primaryPurpose	passenger transport ⓘ transcontinental freight transport ⓘ
regionServed	Northern British Columbia ⓘ Western Canada ⓘ surface form: Prairie Provinces Western Canada ⓘ
roleInHistory	contributed to development of Prince Rupert as a Pacific port ⓘ facilitated grain export from the Prairies ⓘ opened Western Canada to settlement ⓘ
successor	Canadian National Railway ⓘ
trackArrangement	eastern section operated over National Transcontinental Railway ⓘ
trackOwnership	owned western section from Winnipeg to Prince Rupert ⓘ
trafficType	general merchandise ⓘ grain ⓘ lumber ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Canadian National Railway → hasPredecessor → Grand Trunk Pacific Railway ⓘ

Prince Rupert → isTerminusOf → Grand Trunk Pacific Railway ⓘ

this entity surface form: Canadian National Railway line to the Pacific

CN → precededBy → Grand Trunk Pacific Railway ⓘ

subject surface form: Canadian National Railway

National Transcontinental Railway → connectedTo → Grand Trunk Pacific Railway ⓘ

Canadian Northern Railway → competedWith → Grand Trunk Pacific Railway ⓘ

Grand Trunk Pacific Railway → builtBy → Grand Trunk Pacific Railway self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Grand Trunk Pacific Development Company

Grand Trunk Railway → owned → Grand Trunk Pacific Railway ⓘ