Andrew Onderdonk

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Onderdonk, Andrew
Andrew Onderdonk, contractor (b at New York City c 1849; d at Oscawana, NY 21 June 1905). Trained in engineering at the Troy (New York) Institute of Technology, Onderdonk was contractor in charge of government construction of 355 km of the CANADIAN PACIFIC RY between Port Moody and Savona's Ferry on Kamloops Lake, 1880-85. To overcome the shortage of white labour, he employed about 6000 Chinese workers. He also built the section of the CPR main line from Savona's Ferry east to Craigellachie in Eagle Pass, BC. In 1895 he obtained a contract to build part of the Trent Valley Canal in eastern Ontario for the federal government.

Author JOHN A. EAGLE


Suggested Reading
Pierre Berton, The Last Spike: The Great Railway 1881-1885 (1971).


Links to Other Sites
Canadian Pacific Railway
The CP Rail website features information about the company's extensive services and operations. Click on "General Public" to access the multimedia "Our History" section.

Onderdonk’s Way
View an extensive collection of historical photographs that document the building of the CPR Railway through difficult terrain in B.C. Produced by the Kamloops Art Gallery.

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