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tours of Canada; as he said in 1919: "I progressed westward in a magnificent special train provided by the
Canadian Pacific Railway. My quarters were in the rear car, which had an observation platform. This last... while providing me with a continuous view of the varied Canadian landscape had however the drawback of making me vulnerable to demands for ad lib speeches from the crowds gathered at every stop." Four years later, the Prince briefly took the controls of the CPR
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Britain, enjoyed by Edward, Prince of Wales (later King Edward VIII), during his months-long
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323:. McLaughlin Motor Car Company was a Canadian automobile company that produced cars under the marque McLaughlin, later branded McLaughlin-Buick, which was purchased in 1918 by
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244:, Australia, from hand-carved wood and wrought-iron), and it was gifted by Lord Grey to the Crown in right of Canada in 1911. Except for a period during the
1259:"Biography and People > A Real Companion and Friend > Behind the Diary > Politics, Themes, and Events from King's Life > The Royal Tour of 1939"
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639:; from one of these ports they would then embark on a train for overland journey. The ships used were either commercial or military; for their 1939 tour,
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