Early Railway In 1882, Honourable Edgar Dewdney, Lieutenant-Governor of the North-West Territories, was charged with choosing the site for the new capital of the Territories somewhere along the line of the new Canadian Pacific Railway. Dewdney selected the location where the railway would cross Pile of Bones Creek. On June 30, 1882, when Dewdney announced his choice, there were only three tents set up in this location near the present site of Wascana Lake.
Left, An Early Regina Steam Locomotive.
Right, Men Clearing the Tracks, by hand in winter.