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Last spike driven 100 years ago

 

Monday marks a special anniversary in the development of Prince George.

It was exactly 100 years ago the last spike was driven for the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway near Fort Fraser.

Here’s UNBC History Professor Dr. Jonathan Swainger.

Swainger says it also helped to establish a circuit of non-native settlements that helped define the future population of the region.

Photo courtesy UNBC

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