Here are a few photos from a 1982 run west on The Canadian. We flew back on CP Air. My new spouse only experienced northern Ontario by rail once on this trip.
The round trips came later ... again and again ...
These photos come from 'the second camera' - and they never found their way into the zoom-lensed 'official account' of the trip because they were developed later. But they are interesting and they have been in a bit of a backwater for all these years.
Hooping up orders to an eastbound freight at Portage.
We patronized/travelled over three of CP Limited's five business units during this trip.
(But we didn't ship aboard CP Ships or use Fording coal to smelt any iron.)
Here is the (ground level) tea room at Chateau Lake Louise, where we stayed during a train travel layover.
We rented a car in Vancouver.
Here, the second camera is handy when we encounter the Budd car on Vancouver Island.
We visited the museum at Duncan BC during this excursion.
Finally, here is a view in Vancouver's Chinatown.
As of 2021, this is still the approved name for this business district (I checked to be on the safe side).