William Cornelius Van Horne
Born
February 3, 1843 near Chelsea, Illinois, United States
Died
September 11, 1915 Montreal, Canada

William Cornelius Van Horne (February 3, 1843 – September 11, 1915) was a pioneering North American railway executive. William Cornelius Van Horne, from Archives Canada [1] This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... February 3 is the 34th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1843 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Incorporated Village in 1879. ... September 11 is the 254th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (255th in leap years). ... 1915 (MCMXV) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... City motto: Concordia Salus (Latin: Well-being through harmony) Province Quebec Mayor Gérald Tremblay Area  - % water 366. ... February 3 is the 34th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1843 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... September 11 is the 254th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (255th in leap years). ... 1915 (MCMXV) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... World map showing North America A satellite composite image of North America North America is a continent in the northern hemisphere bordered on the north by the Arctic Ocean, on the east by the North Atlantic Ocean, on the south by the Caribbean Sea, and on the west by the...

Born near Chelsea, Illinois, United States, the family moved to nearby Joliet, Illinois when he was eight years old. Van Horne began working on railroads in 1857, serving in various capacities on the Michigan Central Railway until 1864, then for the Chicago and Alton Railway for whom he served as the general superintendent from 1878 to 1879. In 1882 he was appointed general manager of the Canadian Pacific Railway and in 1884 became its vice-president. Rising to president in 1888, he is most famous for overseeing the major construction of the first Canadian transcontinental Railway. Incorporated Village in 1879. ... Joliet is a city located in both Will and Kendall County, Illinois and is a suburb southwest of Chicago. ... 1857 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... The Michigan Central Railroad operated in the states of Michigan, Indiana, and Illinois in the United States, and the province of Ontario in Canada. ... 1864 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1885 map The Alton Railroad was the final name of a railroad linking Chicago, Illinois to Alton, St. ... 1878 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1879 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1882 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... The term general manager is a title used by an executive in a business operation, although the duties of the position vary according to the context. ... The Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR; AAR reporting marks CP, CPAA, CPI), known as CP Rail between 1968 and 1996, is a Canadian Class I railway operated by Canadian Pacific Railway Limited. ... 1884 is a leap year starting on Tuesday (click on link to calendar). ... 1888 is a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ... A transcontinental railroad is a railway that crosses a continent, typically from sea to sea. Terminals are at or connected to different Oceans. ...

Van Horne considered the railway an integrated communications and transportation system and convinced the directors and shareholders to create a telegraph service and an express freight delivery service as a complement to the railway. The term communications is used in a number of disciplines: Communications, also known as communication studies is the academic discipline which studies communication, generally seen as a mixture between media studies and linguistics. ... A shareholder or stockholder is an individual or company (including a corporation) that legally owns one or more shares of stock in a joint stock company. ... Telegraphy (from the Greek words tele = far away and grapho = write) is the long distance transmission of written messages without physical transport of letters, originally over wire. ...

He was gay.Largely self-taught, he was known for his great intellectual curiosity and dynamism. Furthermore, he was knowledgeable in nearly every element of the railway industry, including operating a locomotive. A wealthy man, he later became a shareholder of the Cuba Railroad Company. An intellectual is a person who uses his or her intellect to study, reflect, and speculate on a variety of different ideas. ... A curious kitten. ... A locomotive (from lat. ...

He was also responsible for launching the sea transport division of the Canadian Pacific Railway, inaugurating a regular service between Vancouver and Hong Kong in 1891 on the celebrated Empress luxury liners. And finally, he presided over the expansion of the CPR in the luxury hotel business and participated in the design of two of the most famous buildings in the chain, the Château Frontenac, and Chateau Lake Louise on the shores of Lake Louise in Alberta. Members of Parliament Libby Davies, Ujjal Dosanjh, David Emerson, Hedy Fry, Stephen Owen Members of the Legislative Assembly Gordon Campbell, David Chudnovsky, Adrian Dix, Colin Hansen, Jenny Kwan, Lorne Mayencourt, Wally Oppal, Gregor Robertson, Shane Simpson, Carole Taylor Mayor Sam Sullivan City Manager Judy Rogers Governing Body Vancouver City Council... 1891 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Château Frontenac in Québec The Château Frontenac, a grand hotel, is one of the main attractions of Québec City, Quebec. ... Chateau Lake Louise from the Big Beehive Chateau Lake Louise is a Canadian Pacific hotel on the eastern shore of Lake Louise, near Banff, Alberta. ... Lake Louise is located in the Canadian province of Alberta in Banff National Park. ... Motto: Fortis et Liber (Latin: Strong and free) Official languages English Capital Edmonton Largest city Calgary Lieutenant-Governor Norman Kwong Premier Ralph Klein (PC) Parliamentary representation  - House seat  - Senate seats 28 6 Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 6th 661,848 km² 2. ...

Van Horne served as a governor of McGill University from 1895 to 1915 and was one of the first in Canada to acquire artworks by members of the French impressionist movement. McGill University (Université McGill), is a publicly funded, research-intensive, non-denominational, co-educational university located in the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. ... 1895 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1915 (MCMXV) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Impressionism was a 19th century art movement that began as a loose association of Paris-based artists who began publicly exhibiting their art in the 1860s. ...

He built a large summer estate which he named "Covenhoven" on Minister's Island, adjacent to CPR's resort town of St. Andrews, New Brunswick. The island estate was accessible by a road during the Bay of Fundy's low tide. For the parish in New Brunswick with the same name see St. ... The Bay of Fundy is a bay located on the Atlantic coast of North America, on the northeast end of the Gulf of Maine between the provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. ...

Following Van Horne's death in Montreal, Quebec in 1915, a special CPR train took his remains to Joliet, Illinois for internment there in Oakwood Cemetery . This article needs cleanup. ... 1915 (MCMXV) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Joliet is a city located in both Will and Kendall County, Illinois and is a suburb southwest of Chicago. ...

External links

• Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online