Andrew Onderdonk - Supervised most of the railway construction in BC, Surveyors - Used a transit to find the flattest ground along the shortest route for the CPR, Louis Riel - Was a Metis leader who led the Northwest Rebellion, Grading crews 1 - Followed the path that was marked out by the surveyors. They cut down a wide path of trees to clear the route., Navvies 1 - Made ties from the tree trunks that were cut to clear the path for the roadbed., Navvies 2 - Put a mixture of soil and gravel (called ballast) between the ties. They did this to make the track steady and stable., Track layers 2 - Joined the rails by bolting them together with flat metal plates. These were called fishplates., Track layers 3 - Laid 2 steel rails on top of the wooden ties. These rails were 12 meters long and had to be perfectly straight., Dynamite crews - Blasted through mountains to make a route for the train. Dynamite was tamped into the holes and then lit., Bridge gangs - Worked around the clock in shifts to build bridges over rivers. They also built trestles across deep mountain valleys., Sir John A Macdonald - Was the first prime minister of Canada., Sandford Fleming - Was the chief engineer of the Pacific Railway Survey, William Van Horne - Was hired to oversee the building of the entire railway., Gabriel Dumont - Helped lead the Northwest Rebellion, Measuring gangs - Used a 30 meter chain to measure 30 meter distances. Every 30 meters they put in a stake and wrote a number on it. This number showed them how far they had come.,

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