MONTREAL, Aug. 7, 2017 /CNW/ - Canadian Pacific
invites local media to attend the CP Canada 150 Train community
event.
What: CP Canada 150 Train
event
When: August 13, 2017 – 3-6
p.m., event starts at 4
p.m.
Where: Old Port of
Montreal, St-Pierre
Square
Full event details, including on site activities,
available at http://www.cpr.ca/en/community/canada-150/montreal.
Please add this event to your community events calendar.
Media is encouraged to share our Facebook event
(https://www.facebook.com/events/1299000230220858/)
and engage on social media @CanadianPacific using
#ConnectingCanada.
Please send requests to speak to a CP spokesperson
to Alert_MediaRelations@cpr.ca. Only
prearranged interviews with artists are available due to time
constraints. The train will arrive prior to the event start time
and depart thereafter. Media should be prepared to gather all
footage during the event.
Facts about CP in this city
- Montreal is where
plans for the railway were finalized
- Opened in 1889, Montreal's iconic Windsor Station was the home
to CPR's head office until the company relocated to Calgary in 1996. The station was enlarged
seamlessly in 1900 and again in 1915. Windsor Station was almost
torn down twice – in 1929, and again in 1970, however, The Great
Depression cancelled the first plan and the second plan didn't
happen after a group of Montrealers mobilized to save the building.
In 1990, the Canadian Government designated the building as a
heritage railway station
- Canadian Pacific Railway was instrumental, in the first
part of the 20th century, in settling the Canadian West and Windsor
Station was the hub from which thousands of immigrants began their
journey
- CP's archives, which documents not only the history of
the transportation giant, but also the Company's important role in
building Canada, are now held at
Exporail, The Canadian Railway Museum, located near Montreal at Saint-Constant, QC
- Today, CP employees approximately 600 people in the
greater Montreal
area
SOURCE Canadian Pacific