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Atlas of Alberta Railways: The Railway Labourers: The Navvies

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Many immigrants died during the building of Canada's railway. How they were recruited, their housing, food, pay, etc. are detailed here.

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building the railway, pioneer labourers, railway labourers, railway pioneers, railway workers, transcontinental railway, canadian railway, early canadian pioneer life
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