{"product_id":"9781998365401","title":"Canada's Main Street","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMuch has been written about the Canadian Pacific Railway, the first major transportation network that bound Canada coast to coast, but almost nothing about The Trans-Canada Highway, even though more people use it regularly, it’s at least as vital to the nation’s business, and its story is every bit as fascinating as the CPR’s.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePrior to the Second World War, only an adventurer would have driven cross-country on Canada’s haphazard network of highways, gravel roads, single lanes paths, open fields, and ferries. An act of Parliament in 1949 kicked off the ambitious building of a modern two-lane coast-to-coast highway. Stretching from Victoria to St. John’s and winding through the diverse cultures, landscapes, and history of all ten provinces, the Trans-Canada opened in 1960 and has been a centerpiece of the Canadian experience ever since—the route of countless road trips, holidays, migrations, and, of course, Terry Fox’s magnificent Marathon of Hope.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNow, for the first time, Craig Baird, host of Canadian History Ehx, the number one history podcast in Canada, tells the epic story of the Trans-Canada from conception to completion. Canada’s Main Street is an absorbing tale of the political intrigue, budgetary disasters, and heroic innovation that created our 7000-kilometre national lifeline.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Craig Baird (CA)","offers":[{"title":"Sutherland House Books |  Hardback  |  2025-05-13","offer_id":46913855750399,"sku":"9781998365401","price":35.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/BNCImageAPI_be33aac1-d2ff-4385-9ef8-a1fd79d4538d.jpg?v=1748961246","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9781998365401","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}