Colonist Car Blog #Three – Uniquely Canadian – Heritage Park Historical Village
Uniquely Canadian «Of course we did not have the money to travel in style,» recalls Ontario-born John Diefenbaker in his memoir. Eight years old, he climbed aboard a CPR colonist car in 1903, migrating west with his family. «We were to travel colonist class, a very basic third-class accommodation used mainly for transporting immigrants to…