Identity area
Type of entity
Corporate body
Authorized form of name
Canadian National Railway
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Other form(s) of name
- C.N.R.
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
1918 - present
History
The Canadian National Railway was established in 1918 by the Canadian Government during a period that saw the nationalization of several bankrupt railway companies. In 1919, the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway failed and was taken over by the C.N.R. The Grand Trunk Pacific had operated four passenger steamships on the B.C. coast and several sternwheelers on the Skeena River and these services became part of Canadian National Steamships. Until 1975, the C.N.R. operated passenger ships connecting B.C. and Alaska.