Portage la Prairie, Manitoba is home to a unique railway site. The two major transcontinental railways – the Canadian National Railway (CNR) and the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) – cross each other at what is known as a “diamond junction.”
The Canadian Pacific Railway and the Prairies
For many, the CPR was a great invention, connecting the prairies to the rest of the new country and boosting the settler population and economy. However, not everyone was a beneficiary.