Millington Henry Synge, a Lieutenant in the Royal Engineers, stationed in Canada, promoted the concept of a transcontinental communications system in a pamphlet with the lengthy title Canada in 1848: Being an examination of the existing resources of British North America. With considerations for their further and more perfect development as a practical remedy, by means of colonization, for the prevailing distress in the United Empire, and for the defense of the colony. Four years later, in 1852, Synge, by now a Captain, enlarged upon his earlier thoughts by publishing the pamphlet Great Britain, One Empire. On the union of the Dominions of Great Britain by inter-communication with the Pacific and the East via British North America with suggestions for the profitable colonization of that wealthy territory. Captain Synge’s ultimate plan was a continuous transcontinental railway.
Source: Atlas of Alberta Railways
British Army officer and author
| Born | 1823 |
| Died | 1907 |
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British Army officer and author
| Born | 1823 |
| Died | 1907 |
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Hudson's Bay Company, Colonization, Railroads, Rivers, Transportation, Administration, Canals, Canaux, Colonies, Compagnie de la Baie d'Hudson, Cours d'eau, Defenses, Description and travel, Economic conditions, Emigration and immigration, Filters and filtration, Lacs, Lakes, Red River Settlement, Sewage, SewerageTime
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- OLID: OL2522719A
- ISNI: 0000000074930260
- VIAF: 104522647
- Wikidata: Q60169919
- Inventaire.io: wd:Q60169919
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