Revelstoke Station and Gardens with eastbound ready to depart.

The Connaught Tunnel through Mount MacDonald in the Selkirk Mountains on the Canadian Pacific Railway, when it was completed in 1916 was the longest tunnel in North America, length 5 miles with double track, cost $5.5 million, completed in 23 months and one year ahead of contract time, the farthest ever recorded on this Continent. Shortening the rail route by 4.3 miles and reducing the elevation of track through Rogers Pass by 552 feet of eliminating 5 miles of snow sheds, also curvature to the route of several complete circles. This tunnel was surpassed in 1988 by a CPR grade reduction program, and the construction of the Mount Macdonald tunnel at 9.13 miles The Mount McDonald is the longest railway tunnel in the Western Hemisphere.

Larry

You may already have this info but I thought I would pass it on;
Edgar Mirden Allum born about 1876, spouse was Winnefred Reeves, there were married in 1905

His first name is also listed as Edward & his middle name is also listed as Morden so I am not sure which spelling is correct.

He died 13 Oct. 1931 in Vancover

1911 census for Revelstoke, Kootenay, BC he is listed as a jeweler born May of 1876, living with Winnefred & a son Morden born July 1907

Also it looks like he was born in Quebec, his father was a Minister named Carl Allum.

Other than the 1911 census listing him as Edward, everything else lists him as Edgar
Tom

Thanks Tom for the information on Edward M. Alum, I have another Rockford from Geo. Hotson from Lacombe, N.W.T. which is now a part of Alberta

Here is another Rockford 18 size private label dial from Geo. Hotson Lacombe, N.W.T. that became part of Alberta in 1905.


Lacombe located a few miles north of Red Deer on the CPR's main line between Calgary and Edmonton Alberta. It is named after Father Albert Lacombe an Oblate missionary who brokered a peace between First Nations tribes and the Canadian Pacific Railway and negotiated a route for the CPR through their territories.

Rockford 18 size movement Grade 935 manufactured 1899.

George Hotson was born March 31, 1846 in Ontario. In 1901 census he is living in Delhi, Norfolk, Ontario & is listed as a jeweler. His wife is Janet. George died May 23, 1916 in Norfolk. They had a son Arthur Reid Hotson born in 1874 & a son Paul born in 1884

He & Janet Reid were married May 25, 1868 she was from Walpole Township, her father was Arthur & her mother was An Mitchell. George's father was George & his mother was Maria Wellingham. They were married in Caledonia.

Tom

Hamilton Grade 926, 17 jewel, Serial No. 448105 circa 1904 this run does not appear on the Gelson Hamilton, Serial Number List. Private label dial and movement marked "Angus McFee Belleville, Ont."

Belleville, Ontario, was originally part of the Grand Trunk Railway, situated east of Toronto, it is now part of Canadian National Railways Kingston Subdivision on the busy commuter Montréal -Detroit-Windsor corridor

I sure like all your watches Larry!

Angus McFee is listed in the 1861 census of Canada in Hastings, Ontario. He was born about 1838 in Scotland, he was listed as a jeweler.

1871 Belleville, Hastings West, Ontario
Listed as a jeweler
1881 Belleville, Hastings West, Ontario
Listed as a store keeper
1891 Belleville, Hastings West, Ontario
Listed as a watchmaker

Tom

Here is a photo of my Hamilton Grade 922 Imperial with a Roman numeral dial.

I see Tony's Imperial Canada has Serial No. 102835, my Serial No. is 102148. A difference of 687

Larry

Illinois 18 size, double sunk Arabic private label dial marked; DM Patterson Strathroy, Ont.

Strathroy, Ontario, a rural municipality is located about 25 miles west of the city of London, Ontario. The Canadian Pacific Railway's Windsor Subdivision that connects London with Windsor, Ontario, and the Canadian National Railway's Chatham Subdivision that connects the same centers of commerce, and the CNR Strathroy Subdivision that connects London with Sarnia, Ontario, run through the community.

Illinois 18 size, 17 jewel, Patterson's Special movement

It think the jeweler maybe;
David Hester Patterson, born Oct. 10, 1874 in Ontario.
In 1891 census Strathroy, Middlesex West, Ontario he is living with his parents Duncan & Sarah. He was 16 & working as a druggist clerk.

In 1901 he is still living with his parents in Strathroy but is listed as a watchmaker.

Below is a copy of the birth showing he was born in Middlesex.

Hamilton 18 size Canadian private label double sunk 24-hour bold Arabic dial marked "Watson Bros. Diamond Hall, Calgary"

Hamilton 18 size, 19 jewel, Grade 944, Serial No. 479555 the movement was finished. February 2, 1907 and sold to the Montréal Watch Case Company the same day, has Double Sunk Bold Arabic 24 hour dial marked Watson Bros. Diamond Hall, Calgary. Between 1923 and 1946, this Hamilton 944 was owned by a Mr. J. Donaldson, and it was in case serial number 506596 at that time. It has a 23-year history of having been serviced by Dr. George F. Ritchie, a Canadian Pacific Railway watch Inspector in Calgary. During those 23 years, Dr. Ritchie cleaned it on about a two-year cycle, changing the mainspring in March 1941 and putting in a new balance jewel in December 1944.

Elgin 18 size, 21 jewel, Grade Father Time, Serial No. 13398779, manufactured 1907, model 7, Single sunk 24 hour dial marked Simpson & Cranna, ELGIN Merritt, B.C. cased in yellow gold filled Fayhs Montauk No.1 screw back and bezel box hinge style case with floral designs, and a horse portrait on back cover.

Movement

Inside case back

Case back

Merritt is a city in the Nicola Valley of the south-central interior of British Columbia, originally called Forksdale, and Diamond Vale it was renamed after local mining engineer and railway promoter William Hamilton Merritt in 1906. After the Canadian Pacific Railway was completed in 1885, William Merritt was instrumental in having a railway line built from Spences Bridges on the CPR mainline eastward to Merritt where rich deposits of coal were found. When Silver was discovered in the Kootenays region of south-central British Columbia the CPR started building the Kettle Valley Railway in 1910, it was completed in 1915, and connected with Merritt via Coquihalla pass. The first regular passenger train and between Midway and Merritt arrived on May 31, 1915

Merritt station April 1985