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Revelstoke Heritage & Museums:
The Last Spike
A Special Moment In Canadian
History
It was an ordinary enough sliver
of iron; one of countless
millions hammered home since the
Canadian Pacific Railway was
founded in 1881.
Yet, with the swing of a spike
maul by the Hon. Donald
Alexander Smith at
Craigellachie, B.C. on November
7th, 1885, that single spike
instantly became an important
historic symbol.
Not only did it represent the
completion of the
trans-continental railway, but
it also meant an important step
in the founding of a nation.
Visit "The Last Spike" at
Craigellachie (south of
Revelstoke on Hwy 1), a
milestone of Canadian history. |
