Thursday, January 23, 1913
Weather about the same about 8° with out snow but cloudy. Steve and I worked up to the pembina bridge this morning and got back about 11.30 for dinner This afternoon we all went up to Entwistle gravel pit to run in a P.L. worked all after got in about 5.30
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Friday, January 24, 1913
Steve and I were in the car all morning. Cullerne went up to the Quarry and got back about 11.30
In the afternoon we then took the car and went to the next siding [—?—] Emrie with rail drainage. Got back about 5.30 Weather was very mild.
Makes me wish I had a map so I knew where they are coming and going.
Winnipeg, Manitoba is about 100 miles from the border of Ontario near the center of Canada’s southern border. Prince Rupert is a port city on the Pacific near the border of British Columbia and Alaska. The distance is 2,755 km or 1,711 miles. The crew from Winnipeg heading west was able to work much faster as they weren’t dealing with the Canadian Rockies. When my grandfather’s crew hit Jasper Park, Alberta, they stood on and around a sign that showed Winnipeg about 1,050 miles east and Prince Rupert about 450 miles west of that point. So, they were already 2/3 of the distance and still had met up with the Prince Rupert crew! There’s a picture of that “event” that I posted a couple of weeks ago.