The largest group of labourers were Canadian particularly early on and the immigrants were from Europe. As the rail traveled further west more Americans and Chinese were used. By the time the rail had got to BC the largest immigrant group was Chinese with as many as 7,000 working on the rail at one time.
That varied by region but since most of the Rail lies east of the Rockies the Navvies were mostly Irish, Scottish and British. West of the Rockies the Navvies would include more Chinese but even then the Irish would be very well representative as they built Railways throughout the British empire and made good money at it and did not like to share the work.
Irish and Scottish. The CPR was just one of many railways being built in the Commonwealth and the Irish and Scottish supplied most of the labour.
The Pacific Ocean is the largest of all the oceans.
The western portion of the First Transcontinental Railroad, called the Central Pacific, was built mostly by Chinese immigrants. The popular term for these laborers was Celestials since China was known as the Celestial Kingdom.
The Pacific Ocean is the largest ocean in the world at 155,557,000 sq km. The Indian Ocean is the third largest ocean in the world at 68,556,000 sq km.
Pacific Railway Act
The largest hot desert in the Asia-pacific region is either the Gobi or the Australian desert. And guess what a 9 year old is answering this!Clarification:Sorry 9 year old but the Gobi is a cold desert, not hot
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The most common immigrant working on the Canadian Pacific Railway were of Chinese ancestry. Many Chinese people remained in Canada and became citizens after the railroad was completed.
Many groups were important, the Irish and Scottish labourers were most important for the sections to the mountains and then the Chinese labourers were important. The most important would be those that put up the money and did the design, many American.
Pacific Building was created in 1926.
Policies of empire-building in the Pacific
The Pacific Ocean is the largest ocean on planet earth.
Southern Pacific Building was created in 1916.
They were more attractive to immigrants from Great Britain.
Depends on the continent. In Asia, the largest city on the Pacific is Tokyo. In North America, the largest city on the Pacific is Los Angeles. In South America, the largest city on the Pacific is Lima.
The Pacific Ocean is the world's largest ocean.
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