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John Leslie Charles fonds

Major John Leslie Charles was a Chief Engineer for Candian National Railway's (CN) Western Region and consulting engineer for CN. He later became responsible for much of the engineering and construction in western Canada, northern Manitoba, and the Northwest Territories. In 1926, he was appointed as a transit man for a survey crew and surveyed the second section of the Hudson Bay Railway (Limestone- Fort Churchill). He also published studies of the Great Slave Lake Railway, the first railway to enter the Northwest Territories and the most northerly railway connected to the continental system. The collection includes articles, reports and maps created by Charles regarding Northern Canadian railway routes.

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: Great Slave Lake Railway Report, ca. 1930; A textual report written circa 1930s by John Leslie Charles, consulting engineer for Canadian National Railways, on the Great Slave Lake Railway.

: Letter about strip maps of proposed railroad in Northern British Columbia; A letter written by consulting engineer John Leslie Charles to H. Leslie Smith of Minshall & Smith Engineering Ltd. in July 1959. Including details about mapping proposed railroad in Northern British Columbia.

: Letter about strip maps of proposed railroad in Northern British Columbia; A letter written by consulting engineer John Leslie Charles to H. Leslie Smith of Minshall & Smith Engineering Ltd. in July 1959. Including details about mapping proposed railroad in Northern British Columbia.

: Letter on Proposed Railway in Northern British Columbia; A letter written by John Leslie Charles to H. Leslie Smith of Minshall & Smith Engineering Ltd. in October 1959. It discusses the proposed location and construction of the Northern British Columbia Railway.

: Preliminary Notes on Northern British Columbia Railroad; A letter written by John Leslie Chalres to H. Leslie Smith of Minshall & Smith Engineering Ltd. in October 1959. It includes preliminary reconnaissance notes on the location of the Northern Railroad in British Columbia.

: The Great Slave Lake Railway journal article; A journal article with both text and images written by John Leslie Charles. "The Great Slave Lake Railway," was published in Engineering Journal, 48 (5) May 1965, p.15-19.

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