Grand Trunk Pacific Railway construction camp, Forrest, Manitoba, 1906.
Archives of Manitoba, Transportation, Railway, 118.
Photographer: Brair, High Bluff, Manitoba.
In 1906, governments were providing incentives, such as loans and land grants, to build railways. The CNoR and CPR were thriving. Railroads were still the lifeblood of communities, absolutely essential for efficient freight or passenger travel. Towns without a railroad, such as Rivers, Manitoba, welcomed the GTP in 1908.*
The photo shows a railway construction camp in Forrest, about 10 miles north of Brandon. The tent on the left is for the horses. The one with the smokestack is the cook tent; the dining tent is to the right of the cook tent.
*Lloyd Penner, “A History of Railroads in Manitoba” (Paper commissioned by the Transportation Heritage & Technology Centre), 2002, p. 24.
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