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Grand Trunk Railway

1852–1923 · 19th century

The Grand Trunk Railway was a railway company incorporated in the Province of Canada in 1852 to link Montreal, Toronto and an ice-free Atlantic port. By 1860 its line ran from Sarnia through Montreal to Portland, Maine, crossing the St Lawrence on the Victoria Bridge. Burdened by debt, it was taken over by the Canadian government after the First World War and merged into Canadian National Railways in 1923.

Grand Trunk Railway
Image: Canadian National Railway Company · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

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Province of Canada

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Grand Trunk Railway. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/grand-trunk-railway
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“Grand Trunk Railway.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/grand-trunk-railway. Accessed .
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The Epoch Institute. “Grand Trunk Railway.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/grand-trunk-railway.
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