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unusual facts about Canadian National



Ben McPeek

He quickly became the top jingle composer in Canada, and composed over 2,000 jingles during the 1960s and 1970s for such companies as Canadian National, Chargex, Coca-Cola, the Labatt Brewing Company, Speedy Muffler King, and the Toronto Dominion Bank among many others.

GO Transit

The design was created by Gangon/Valkus, a Montreal-based design firm that was also responsible for the corporate identities of Canadian National and Hydro-Québec.

Holland Marsh

Yonge Street and the CN rail (Toronto - Barrie) are situated to the northeast.

John H. Boylan

He was raised and educated in Brighton, Vermont, and was employed as a general storekeeper (matériel manager) for the Central Vermont, Canadian National and Grand Trunk railroads.

Joliet Union Station

The Rock Island line runs via Blue Island, Illinois to LaSalle Street Station (track owned by Metra), while the Metra Heritage Corridor line runs via Summit, Illinois to Chicago's Union Station (track owned by Canadian National).

Keele Street

While Keele originally ran straight north, today there is a brief cut-off to deviate around the Canadian National and Canadian Pacific Railway corridors, near the former Canada Packers stock yards.

Mackenzie Bent

With partner Garrett MacKeen, she is the 2013 Canadian national junior silver medalist and finished 5th at the 2013 World Junior Championships.

Port Alberta

Port Alberta's board of directors consists of private sector and government members representing Canadian National (CN), Canadian Pacific (CP), Edmonton Airports, Momentive, Stantec, Graham Construction, the City of Edmonton, PCL Construction, the City of Leduc, Symmetry, Inc., ONPA Architects, and Waiward Steel.

Rail transport in Canada

There are two major publicly traded transcontinental freight railway systems, the Canadian National and Canadian Pacific Railway.


see also

Assembly of First Nations

The Assembly of First Nations (AFN) which emerged from and replaced the Canadian National Indian Brotherhood is an assembly of First Nations represented by their chiefs.

Badeaux

Joseph Badeaux (1777–1835), Canadian national politician; Captain in the War of 1812

Brad Schlegel

Schlegel also played for the Canadian National Team for many years, and was part of the Canadian Men's Hockey Teams that played in the 1992 and 1994 Winter Olympic Games, and won the Silver Medal both times.

Cal Botterill

Jason Botterill played with the Canadian National Junior Hockey team and is currently an assistant general manager with the Pittsburgh Penguins.

Canadian Pacific Railway in British Columbia

This ended service by the Canadian over CPR rails, and the train was rerouted on the former Super Continental route via Canadian National without a change in name.

Carey Wilson

After playing college hockey, he played two more seasons for HIFK in Finland's SM-liiga and then finally played the 1983–84 season for the Canadian National Hockey team which resulted in him playing in the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia.

CN 6077

Canadian National Railways 6077 is a preserved 4-8-2 locomotive of Canadian National Railways U-1-f class, which were nicknamed Bullet Nosed Bettys.

Damian Mills

In 1992, days before his 13th birthday, Damian became a member of The Manitoba Junior Provincial Team and for the first time tried out for The Canadian National Youth Team in Toronto.

Danielle Lawrie

Her younger brother, Brett, a major league baseball player for the Toronto Blue Jays, began playing with the Canadian national junior team at the age of 15, and played for Team Canada in the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Dave Nutbrown

Nutbrown also coached extensively with the Canadian National Team program alongside coaches such as Ken Shields and John Dore.

David McLean

David G. A. McLean (born 1938), chairman of the Canadian National Railway Company

Dean Evason

His next and final opportunity occurred in 1997 when Canadian national team coach Andy Murray offered him a spot on the roster and the captaincy in exchange for playing a full season for the-then full-time national team.

Delta Bessborough

On May 30, 1931, Walter Pratt, General Manager of Hotels, Sleeping and Dining Cars of the Canadian National Railway announced that Sir Vere Ponsonby, 9th Earl of Bessborough and 14th Governor General of Canada had given consent for the hotel to be formally named “The Bessborough”.

Don Talbot

He then moved to Canada for the first time and worked as head coach for both the Thunder Bay Thunderbolts Swim Club and the Canadian national swimming team.

Eaton Internment Camp

The site of the original camp is on the grounds of the present-day Saskatchewan Railway Museum, situated at the junction of Highway 60 and the Canadian National Railway, four kilometers southwest of Saskatoon.

Emmanuelle Blais

Some of her teammates on Team Quebec included future Olympic gold medalist Catherine Ward, future Clarkson Cup champion Stephanie Denino, future Canadian National Team member Jesse Scanzano.

Florida State Seminoles baseball

Before the home half of the 5th inning, a group of fans known as "The Animals of Section B", lead the Seminoles crowd in singing the Canadian national anthem, O Canada.

GE Dash 8 Series

BC Rail ordered 26 examples of the model, Canadian National ordered 55, and Quebec North Shore and Labrador Railway acquired the remaining three.

Goat River

Goat River, British Columbia, a railway point on the Canadian National Railway in the Robson Valley region of the upper Fraser or the associated rail station Goat River railway station

Grand Elk Railroad

The railroad connects with three larger railroads, the Norfolk Southern (Elkhart), CSX (Grand Rapids) and Canadian National (Kalamazoo, Michigan)(Via CK&S Line(Kalamazoo Spur.), as well as four short line railroads, the Marquette Rail (Grand Rapids), Grand Rapids Eastern Railroad (Grand Rapids), Michigan Southern Railroad (White Pigeon, Michigan), and Grand Rapids Eastern Railroad (Grand Rapids).

Green Bay Phoenix

Tosaint Ricketts, professional soccer player, member of the Canadian national team for the U-20 World Cup

Guelph Transit

The initial route of the GRC was south along Woolwich Street, through the downtown and along Dundas Road, with a second line running from the Sleeman owned Silvercreek Brewery on Waterloo Avenue, to the Canadian Pacific and Grand Trunk (later Canadian National) Railway stations.

Joel John

In July 1989 the Canadian National team, consisting of Andra Sack, John Palitti, Alvin Brown, Heather Alonzo, Tony Consiglio, Kees Kukins, Don James (four times world Tae Kwon Do champion) and several others, entered the World Games held in Karlsruhe, Germany.

John Grant, Jr.

In 2006, Grant along with Gary Gait led the Canadian national lacrosse team to an historic victory in the ILF World Lacrosse Championships, with Grant leading the tournament in points and assists, and earning All-World selection.

John Killick

He was private secretary to the Parliamentary Under-Secretary at the Foreign Office 1951–54, served at the embassy in Addis Ababa 1954–57, then attended the Canadian National Defence College (then located with the Canadian Land Forces Command and Staff College) 1957–58.

Julian Uccello

Julian was not a part of the Canadian national team plans until early October in 2010, when senior national team coach Stephen Hart named him in the 18 man Canada squad to play a friendly on October 8 versus Ukraine.

Junius H. Rose High School

The school's current Alma Mater is set to the tune of the Canadian national anthem, O Canada.

Karl Ouimette

On November 8, 2013, Ouimette received his first call up to the Canadian national team by manager Benito Floro for two friendlies against Czech Republic on November 15 and Slovenia on November 19, 2013.

National cinema

If "Canadian national cinema" is defined as the films made in Canada, then the canon of Canadian cinema would have to include lightweight teen-oriented fare such as Meatballs(1979), Porky's (1983) or Death Ship (1980).

Neil M. Colgan

He died while on a solo back country horse patrol as a Canadian national park warden near Douglas Lake in Banff National Park, and was buried in Mountain View Cemetery in Banff, Alberta.

Norman MacMillan

Norman John MacMillan (1909–1978), president of Canadian National Railway, 1967–1974

Norman McLeod

Norm McLeod (born 1938), former Canadian national soccer team player

Osceola and St. Croix Valley Railway

It is operated by the Osceola Historical Society and the Minnesota Transportation Museum on former Soo Line and Wisconsin Central trackage, now owned by Canadian National Railway.

SkyWalk

Directly adjacent to the Canadian National Express Building and Union Station is the York Street Teamway, running above York Street and is also part of the SkyWalk and also a heritage listed property.

Stan McKeen

After winning his first cap in 2004 versus the United States, McKeen became a regular in the Canadian national team for a number of seasons.

Thunder Bay Chill

Western Conference champions Vancouver Whitecaps Residency travelled to Chapples Park for an all-Canadian national semi-final; Alvaro Zendejas scored a 90th minute winner in front of 1,546 fans to send Thunder Bay to the PDL Championship game for the first time.

Toronto Supra

Toronto Supra (CNSL) (1996, 1997) of the Canadian National Soccer League

Warman railway station

Soon the name of the town site was changed to Warman, named after Cy Warman (1855–1914), a journalist who followed and recorded the construction of the Canadian National Railway.

West Highland Creek

The creek flows south under Highway 401, loops west then back east under the Canadian National line, and turns east at the Scarborough RT line west of Midland Avenue.

Wisconsin Central

Wisconsin Central Ltd., regional railroad acquired by the Canadian National Railway in 2001