. Canadian engineer. d into Vancouver. Great Northern Railway.—The Great Northern Rail-way Company, incorporated in the United , controlsin the province of British Columbia all the lines con-structed under charter guaranteed by the Provincial Legis-lature to the Vancouver, Victoria and Eastern Railwayand Navigation Company; the Crows Nest SouthernRailway; the Victoria and Sidney Railway; the VictoriaTerminal Railway & Ferry Company, and the New West-minster Southern Railway; the Red Mountain Railwaywhich is a branch of the Spokane Falls & Northern Rail-way from a point south of the boun
. Canadian engineer. d into Vancouver. Great Northern Railway.—The Great Northern Rail-way Company, incorporated in the United , controlsin the province of British Columbia all the lines con-structed under charter guaranteed by the Provincial Legis-lature to the Vancouver, Victoria and Eastern Railwayand Navigation Company; the Crows Nest SouthernRailway; the Victoria and Sidney Railway; the VictoriaTerminal Railway & Ferry Company, and the New West-minster Southern Railway; the Red Mountain Railwaywhich is a branch of the Spokane Falls & Northern Rail-way from a point south of the boundary line to Rosslandin British Columbia; the Fort Shephard and Nelson LakeRailway from the boundary line to Nelson, ; the Van-couver, Westminster & Yukon Railway, approximately420 miles in length. The terminus in this province isVancou\er. With the exception of the Victoria andSidney Railway, all the lines mentioned above lie betweenthe Canadian Pacific Railway and the international boun- ?^ •. Bridge Over the Fraser River at New Westminster, Builtby the British Columbia Government. darv line. This railway system brings the northern portionof the province into close touch with the United States. The most easterly point of the Great Northern Rail-way Company in British Columbia is Michel on the CrowsNest Southern Pass. From Michel the line proceeds downthe Elk River, passing Fernie and paralleling the CrowsNest line of the Canadian Pacific Railway to Elko, wherethe latter line crosses under the one now under Elko this road proceeds in a southwesterly directionto Kootenay River and crosses into the United States ata place called Gateway. Thence, after meanderingthrough the States of Idaho and Washington it returnsto Canada: (i) .Vt Waneta on the east side of the ColumbiaRiver at the boundary line; (2) at Paterson on the eastside of the Columbia River; (3) at Laurier. From Laiirierit runs on the north side of the boundary line throughBritish Columbia, pass
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