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Donald Duck -I don't think so

Wasn't it Donald A Smith who drove in the last spike??? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.41.179.1 (talk) 14:18, 20 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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I disagree with the assesment that the rebellion hampered the efforts of the construction. I believe that the rebellion showed the value of the railway which helped it get the funding it need to be completed

Last edited at 22:55, 6 November 2007 (UTC). Substituted at 21:42, 29 April 2016 (UTC)

Still work to be done

I moved the first paragraph into the lead section although it refers to some items (e.g. difficulties, rebellion) which are not clearly covered in the main article. Obviously this article still needs a bit of work, esp. tidying up the in-text referencing. Redwidgeon (talk) 02:04, 23 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Other last spikes

See also section contained links to articles to last spikes that were not Canada-related (USA and New Zealand). Since there is also a (very succinct) general 'Last spike' article I have moved the New Zealand link there (it already had the USA link) and removed them here. MichielN (talk) 12:19, 12 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]