hd.thomson-multimediaThe National Dream: Building the Impossible Railway The Great Lone Land (1974– ) watch online HD
- Original title:The Great Lone Land
- Category:TV Episode / Documentary / Drama / History
- Released:1974–
- Director:James Murray,Eric Till
- Actors:Pierre Berton,William Hutt,Robin Gammell
- Writer:Pierre Berton,William Whitehead
- Video type:TV Episode
- Rating 6.3
- Votes 849
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Short summary
With the announcement of Prime Minister MacDonald's bold railway initiative, numerous surveyors set about the arduous and uncertain task of finding a suitable path on which to build it.
With the announcement of Prime Minister MacDonald's bold railway initiative, numerous surveyors set about the arduous and uncertain task of finding a suitable path on which to build it.
| Episode cast overview: | |||
 | Pierre Berton | - | Himself / Host |
| William Hutt | - | John A. Macdonald |
 | Robin Gammell | - | Walter Moberly |
| Tony Van Bridge | - | Sir Sandford Fleming |
| Neil Dainard | - | Robert Rylatt |
| Pat Galloway | - | Agnes Macdonald |
 | Gillie Fenwick | - | Alexander Mackenzie |
 | Gerard Parkes | - | Edward Blake |
| John Horton | - | Lucius Seth Huntington |
 | Claude Préfontaine | - | Georges-Etienne Cartier |
| Barney O'Sullivan | - | E.C. Gillette |
| Chris Wiggins | - | Donald Smith |
 | Richard Whelan | - | George McMullen |
| Henry Stamper | - | Hugh Allan |