HISTORY 2HI3 Lecture Notes - Lake Muskoka, Infant Mortality, Little Burgundy
23 Nov 2012
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Took longer to arrive in canada around 1830-1850ish. Most important impact of the industrial revolution: the arrival of a huge railway system. Important connected isolated cities; opened the nw and new markets; attracted factories important feature of the ir. Northern railway: founded in 1849 in toronto started in to went north to newmarket, then to barrie, then to lake muskoka bought by grand trunk in 1888. Great w. railway founded in 1853, line focused on the niagara-hamilton region, 1300 km long bought by grand trunk in 1882 infamous march 12, 1857 crash (59 out of. 100 people died when the train fell in desjardins canal-everyone starts to question the. Ir in canada because of the negative effects) Grand trunk founded in 1852 in montreal, the most important railway company, 2055km stretching from chicago to toronto, to montreal to portland, maine; crash in. So important in the ir that they became a political issue.
