On January 8, 1904, Canadian Pacific leased Mountain Railway for 999 years!
For a look at the history of the Alberta Railways, go to the Atlas of Alberta Railways. I also recommend the .pdf document published by the Canadian Railroad Historical Association – very interesting read.
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alesiablogs
January 8, 2013 at 3:51 pm
wow …long lease..no one was worried jesus would come back soon i guess….
tkmorin
January 8, 2013 at 4:17 pm
Maybe they had not taken in consideration the Mayan calendar either.