Remnants of Pioneer Days ~ Haldimand County

Pierre Berton ~  "I had always seen this quartet of books ~ The National Dream, The Last Spike, Klondike, and now The Promised Land ~ as an epic story that began with John A. Macdonald's dream of a continental railway."

Describing the Winnipeg railway platform, "a gateway to the West" Berton calls it a "symbol for those two formative decades in the country's history...The platform had known the tread of many feet....a springboard for settlement."

Let us forever keep Victoria Day honouring the history of our Canada

* Pierre Berton (1920 - 2004) Non-fiction Canadian Author, best known for his Canadiana and Canadian history.  The Joy of Writing, Doubleday Canada, 2003.