The National Dream: Building the Impossible Railway

The Last Spike

Directed by James Murray, Eric Till
S1 • E8    Apr 28, 1974    56m
Eastern militiamen begin the cruellest journey in Canadian military history and the national crisis is averted. The CPR faces riots, strikes and bankruptcy before an 11th-hour government loan saves the day. In November 1885, Donald Smith drives the last spike in the CPR to link Canada from sea to sea.

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Cast of The Last Spike

  • John ColicosCornelius Van Horne
  • Chris WigginsDonald Smith
  • Gerard ParkesEdward Blake
  • William HuttJohn A. Macdonald
  • Gillie FenwickAlexander Mackenzie
  • Ted FollowsCharles Tupper
  • Joseph ShawGeorge Stephen
  • Pierre BertonHost

 

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