Great Northern Railway

GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY (GNR) was the creation of James Jerome Hill, a Canadian-born entrepreneur who transformed a small Minnesota rail line into a transcontinental giant. After his main line was built west across the US to Seattle (the last spike was driven in 1893), Hill carried on a fierce rivalry with the CPR by extending lines north into BC. A GNR subsidiary, the NEW WESTMINSTER SOUTHERN RWY, opened in 1891 between Blaine, WA, and NEW WESTMINSTER and in 1904 extended into VANCOUVER via...

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