Grand Trunk Pacific Railway ticket 1914

Grand Trunk Pacific Railway train ticket, June 30, 1914

Grand Trunk Pacific Railway train ticket, June 30, 1914


Grand Trunk Pacific Railway train ticket, June 30, 1914. Detail: Jasper to Tete Jaune

Grand Trunk Pacific Railway train ticket, June 30, 1914. Detail: Jasper to Tete Jaune

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GRAND TRUNK PACIFIC RAILWAY
Train Ticket — Not Transferrable — Edmonton to Tete Jaune
Ticket 223531 Form D18
Punched: June 30 1914, Albreda to Tete Jaune, 30 cents

On this ticket “Jasper House” is not the current town of Jasper, “Jasper House” is east of Jasper near the site of a fur-trading post. The name “Fitzhugh” was changed to “Jasper” in 1913 when the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway built its divisional point there, although that was nopt the original site of Jasper House.

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