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 the Rockies, and to make the journey from Halifax to the Pacific in five or six days." This prediction the Intercolonial Railway has valiantly helped to fulfill.

For nearly half the total mileage of its trunk line, Halifax to Montreal (836 miles), it runs through the provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. The division Truro–Sydney traverses for 200 miles the northern section of Nova Scotia, including part of Cape Breton Island. The main line of the Prince Edward Island Railway and its branches (260 miles) is under the control of the Intercolonial.

Both the Government Road and the Canadian Pacific Railway traverse the 90 miles from Moncton to St. John, the latter using the rails of the Intercolonial. Several branches of the Canadian Pacific reach points in southern and northern New Brunswick. The Intercolonial Loggieville–Chatham Jc.–Fredericton division (129 miles) joins the New Brunswick capital to the main Intercolonial line, Halifax–Montreal. Fredericton and St. John are connected by the Canadian Pacific and by steamers on the river St. John (84 miles).

The New Brunswick Division of the National Transcontinental Railway (Grand Trunk System) is operated by the Intercolonial Railway, Moncton to Edmundston, 230 miles. From Edmundston to Connors, N. B. (32 miles) the