Timeline Sunday 4 July 1886

Events on Sunday 4 July 1886 1

• 1886 Canadian Pacific Railway first transcontinental train First scheduled passenger train crosses Canada The Canadian Pacific Railway's first scheduled transcontinental passenger train departed Montreal and arrived at Port Moody, British Columbia, completing Canada's first coast-to-coast rail link. The line fulfilled a promise made to British Columbia when it joined Confederation and bound the young country together economically. It spurred settlement and trade across the Canadian West.