The Last Spike

On our way home we made a stop at The Last Spike National Historic Site.
It was here that Sir Donald Smith drove in the last spike to complete the Canadian Pacific Trans Continental railway.
Here is a mural depicting this event

[Kerri]

Awesome shot

[Peggy Sirk]

Marvelous shot.

[Babs]

Super mural and interesting story.

[Jenfurj]

The mural captures the era & time very well. Interesting history.

[Fisher Family]

A neat idea to commemorate this event - nice shot!

Ian

[Candace]

I love the mural, lends to times of historic value!

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Great capture and I liked your explanation.

[gloria jones]

Nice capture of this mural and interesting info

[Merrelyn]

Great mural.

[Allison Williams]

Very interesting. In the U.S. we talk of the golden spike where the western and eastern railways met at Promontory, Utah and the First Transcontinental Railroad in the United States was officially completed on May 10, 1869.

[Lisa Poland]

Cool historical spot!

[Lady Magpie (Heather)]

Lovely mural of this historic moment.

[Dinah Pinkston]

Fascinating time in history, and this is a wonderful commemoration of it. fav!

[Catherine]

A great memorial.

[Nina Ganci]

wonderful mural of this important event
fav

[Darlene]

What a wonderful mural. It is so great to have history in photos like this. FAV

[KWind]

Wonderful piece of art!

[Ivan]

Super historical image...fav

[Granagringa]

Enjoy the rest of your trip. Thanks for taking me along.

[alia_801]

Cool mural!

[Pyrrhula]

Great shot of the mural and statue

[wendy frost]

A wonderful and interesting mural .

[Tony]

Interesting picture and what an amazing time that must have been.

[Richard Hickey]

Cool picture. Congratulations on making the Trending Page and the PP. Well deserved.

[Valerie Chesney]

Great mural & an interesting story, I so like to learn about other countries.

[bkb in the city]

@kerristephens Thanks Kerri

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@peggysirk Thanks Peggy

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@onewing Glad you enjoyed it Babs

[bkb in the city]

@365projectorgjenfurj Jen it really is a nice piece of artwork

[bkb in the city]

@fishers Thanks Ian

[bkb in the city]

@ribbet9 Glad you enjoyed it Candace

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@mittens Glad you like it Marilyn

[bkb in the city]

@seattlite Thanks Gloria

[bkb in the city]

@merrelyn Glad you like it Merrelyn

[bkb in the city]

@allie912 Thanks for that info Allison. Maybe some day I will have the chance to visit there

[bkb in the city]

@homeschoolmom Lisa it is a very nice spot

[bkb in the city]

@ladymagpie Glad you enjoyed it Heather

[bkb in the city]

@dsp2 Thank you for the comment and the fav

[bkb in the city]

@megpicatilly. Most definitely

[bkb in the city]

@ninaganci Thanks Nina for the comment and the fav

[bkb in the city]

@darsphotos Thanks Darlene for the comment and the fav

[bkb in the city]

@kwind Kim it is a very nice piece of art

[bkb in the city]

@ivan Thanks Ivan for the comment and the fav

[bkb in the city]

@granagringa Glad to have you along

[bkb in the city]

@alia_801 Glad you like it Alia

[bkb in the city]

@pyrrhula Thanks Pyrrhula

[bkb in the city]

@wendyfrost Glad you like it Wendy

[bkb in the city]

@tonydebont Tony I can only imagine how excited that group of men must have been

[bkb in the city]

@agedrunner Thanks Richard

[bkb in the city]

@happysnaps Glad to share this with you Valerie

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Nicely captured- it also reminds me of Gordon Lightfoot's Canadian Railroad Trilogy- a song I always enjoy listening to.

[Judith Barnett]

Fantasic shot!!

[Steve and Pam Winfield]

Very interesting,and well painter mural:)

[bkb in the city]

@olivetreeann Ann he has so many great songs

[bkb in the city]

@jspassion Thanks Judith

[bkb in the city]

@stevepam Steve it is a beautiful mural