Rails to the Atlantic
Exploring the Railway Heritage of Quebec and the Atlantic Provinces
- Publisher
- Dundurn Press
- Initial publish date
- Aug 2015
- Category
- History, Pictorial, Post-Confederation (1867-)
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781459728790
- Publish Date
- Aug 2015
- List Price
- $9.99
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781459728776
- Publish Date
- Aug 2015
- List Price
- $29.99
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Description
Follow Rails to the Atlantic through eastern Canada’s railway heritage. Visit preserved railway stations in various states of use, or take in the architecture of the grand era of station building in Quebec City, Halifax, and St. John’s. Board scenic railway excursions on the Orford Express or Le Train du Massif de Charlevoix, or travel to VIA Rail's destinations in remote northern Quebec.
Rail trails lead through the Laurentian mountains and Quebec’s Eastern Townships. Museums exhibit Newfoundland’s colourful railway heritage, while Canada’s largest railway equipment display lies near Montreal. Magnificent railway hotels include the Fairmont Le Château Montebello and the Algonquin Resort, as well as the stunning Chateau-style station hotel at McAdam, New Brunswick. Often forgotten are the railway bridges and trestles, stunning feats of engineering that stretch across wide valleys and churning rivers, the construction of which sometimes led to deadly consequences. Lesser-known attractions, such as roundhouses and employee housing, are profiled to help bring the railway era back to life.
About the author
Ron Brown is a freelance travel writer and photographer. He has published twenty books on the visual heritage of Ontario, including The Lake Erie Shore: Ontario's Forgotten South Coast; Behind Bars: Inside Ontario's Heritage Gaols; The Train Doesn't Stop Here Any More: An Illustrated History of Railway Stations in Canada; Ontario's Ghost Town Heritage; and Top 100 Unusual Things to See in Ontario. He is past chair of the Writers Union of Canada, and is active with the Travel Media Association of Canada, Access Copyright, where he sits on the board of directors, and the Book and Periodical Council. He lectures and directs bus tours based on his book topics. He lives in Toronto.
Editorial Reviews
This gem of a book is a workhorse that covers railway and local histories, economics, heritage and tourism.
Atlantic Books Today
Brown covers a lot of ground and presents an amazing amount of historical fact and current state-of-affairs information in this interesting, attractive, and very readable publication.
The Michigan Railfan
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