2025 Upcoming & Recent Past Trips
Our first priority for the year will be the cosmetic restoration of our classroom car, the Chinook Centre for the Art and Restorative Education.
Three events are envisaged for the second half of 2025: one at the Chinook Centre in Cranbrook, BC; one on Alberta Prairie Railway out of Stettler AB; and one with VIA Rail Canada from Edmonton to Saskatoon, SK (John Diefenbaker and Louis Riel country (Duck Lake, Prince Albert, Batoche):
Kanata Day 2025
UPDATE: Due to delays in the external sandblasting and refurbishing of Classroom 3051 car, this event has been postponed until the work is done, and the car is resplendent in its new (vintage CP) paint job and lettering. We’ll keep you posted here.
Did You Know…
- the last part of the Canada-US border to be decided was arbitrated by Kaiser Wilhelm?
- US President Wilson offered Alaska’s panhandle to Canada’s PM Borden in 1919?
- Russia was a factor in the Western provinces northern border being set at 60 degrees?
- three Canadian provinces are made up of units that were once separate colonies?
- our western voyageur routes were the reason we escaped annexation by a new USA?
Remembrance Day Weekend 2025
From Saturday, November 8th to Tuesday the 11th, we blend a traditional re-membering (opposite of dis-member) of veterans and others who have taken a stand in global conflicts, as well the struggle of Métis people to defend their homelands from waves of settlement.
We’ll also visit the home and Centre of John Diefenbaker, who ended discrimination in Canada’s immigration selection system when he was Prime minister and spoke out against racism in the Commonwealth. This is a trip for families and mature adolescents willing to do prep and follow-up study activity, leaving Edmonton late Saturday evening and returning late Tuesday evening.
Recent Past Rail Trips (Past 18 months)
The following is a selection of links to recent rail trips taken over the past 18 months.
