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   >    when an American surveyor found the pass that bears his name.   
   >    This is also where the Trans-Canada Highway was officially   
   >    opened in 1962.  What pass?   
      
   Rogers Pass.   
      
   The highway still uses the pass, but the railway made a shortcut   
   under it when it opened the Connaught Tunnel in 1916.  It was built   
   as a passing point on the single-track main line; but in 1988 the   
   double track through this tunnel was reduced to single, allowing   
   larger trains to fit, and a separate, longer tunnel was opened to   
   replace the other track.  This is the Mt. Macdonald Tunnel, the   
   longest rail tunnel in the Americas.   
      
   > 7. Another problem area in eastern BC was the steep grade of the   
   >    track -- up to 4.4% -- near what is now the Alberta border in   
   >    the Kicking Horse Pass.  This was solved in 1909 by blasting   
   >    tunnels through two mountains.  What's the *name* of these   
   >    tunnels, which are visible from the Trans-Canada Highway?   
      
   The Spiral Tunnels.   
      
   > 8. In the final years of construction, the railway needed two   
   >    financial bailouts from the federal government to stay in   
   >    business.  The 2nd bailout, in 1885, came after the CPR offered   
   >    to transport troops to Saskatchewan to deal with what event?   
   >    Be sufficiently specific.   
      
   The Northwest Rebellion (or the second Riel Rebellion).   
      
   > 9. What did three CPR workers discover in 1883 on the side of   
   >    Sulphur Mountain in what is now the resort town of Banff?   
      
   Hot springs.  4 for Dan Tilque and Pete.   
      
   You can visit the site today:   
      https://pcweb-hhbxe4cbhhdkhwhh.a02.azurefd.net/-/media/lhn-nh   
   /ab/banff/WET4/visit/Brochures/CB_Brochure_2024-Web-updated.pdf   
   But if you want to go in the water, you need to go to one of the   
   other hot springs in the general area:   
      https://parks.canada.ca/voyage-travel/promotion/sources-springs   
      
   > 10. The original western terminus of the CPR was Port Moody, BC.   
   >    But not long after the railway was completed, the company decided   
   >    to move the terminus further west to the community of Granville.   
   >    What was Granville renamed in 1886?   
      
   Vancouver.  4 for Dan Tilque and Dan Blum.   
      
   Scores, if there are no errors:   
      
   GAME 8        ROUNDS->   2   3    TOTALS   
                 TOPICS-> Geo Can   
   Erland Sommarskog       40   0      40   
   Dan Tilque              32   8      40   
   Dan Blum                32   4      36   
   Pete Gayde              28   4      32   
   Joshua Kreitzer         24   0      24   
      
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