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Today you can fly across Canada in a few hours, but in 1888 you had to spend a week traveling by train on the brand new Canadian Pacific Railway.

It was a big deal to be able to travel that quickly and easily. A lot of people were able to experience different parts of Canada for the first time.

So when Nova Scotia schoolteacher Jessie McQueen got a job in British Columbia, she didn't have the luxury of booking a cheap flight on the Internet. But she did get a berth in a "Colonist" sleeping car.

Her cross-Canada adventure lasted a week, and she loved every minute of it.

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