Chapter 17

The National Policy
www.collectionscanada.ca/primeministers/h4-4013-e.html

Read Sir John A. Macdonald's speech to the House of Commons on January 17, 1881, in which he discusses the National Policy.

Canadian National Railways
http://collections.ic.gc.ca/cnphoto/cnphoto.html

The CNR Historic Photograph Collection provides visitors with an introduction to the significant role that railways have played in the development of Canadian society since the opening of Canada's first steam railway in 1836.

Alexander Graham Bell
http://history.acusd.edu/gen/recording/alexbell.html

This site contains photos and biographical information, a flow chart of Bell's invention processes, details of his early patents, notes and illustrated excerpts from his notebooks, and related links for further reading.

Sandford Fleming
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandford_Fleming

A brief biography of Sir Sandford Fleming can be found at this site.

Timothy Eaton
http://collections.ic.gc.ca/heirloom_series/volume5/
80-81.htm

This site offers photographs and a biography of the founder of the "department store" concept.