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"...Sitting here at the Hortons, So you know this is important" Tim Horton was a hardnosed and humble hockey player who died tragically in a car accident in 1974. A decade before his death, Horton had invested in a donut shop on Ottawa Street in Hamilton, Ontario. The business grew, and today is part of the Wendy's fast food empire; operating over 2000 stores in Canada and 150 in the United States. The iconic Tim Hortons logo has become part of the Canadian culture, and the stores remain the most profitable fast food chain in the country. 
"...When Ancient Train has hit 'ol Transient Horse Vancouver is of course the most populous city in British Columbia. The explorer for which the city is named toured the area in 1791. The city hosted the 2010 Winter Olympics. There is a Travis song called "Ancient Train," but I haven't been able to otherwise figure out the capitalization in this lyric. AMAD reader Dan Aykroyd (Yep. Him.) suggested this: "I think the "when ancient train has hit ol' transient horse" lyric might refer to the Canadian painting Horse and Train by Alex Colville." The painting is below, and he might just be right. 
"...Now that we've hammered the last spikeAnd we've punched the railroad through" Speaking of trains and iconic images of Canadian culture, the last spike is without question the best known photograph in Canadian history. 
Pierre
Berton's novel, "The Last Spike" made the author a national figure, and
beautifully detailed the labour, graft and sacrifice that built what was then
the worlds longest railway: the trans-national Canadian Pacific.
Donald A Smith, who later became Lord Strathcona, drove the last spike at Craigellachie B.C. in 1885. Smith was a plucky politician who had crossed the floor in protest of John A. Macdonald's railroad policy in 1873. Smith eventually became a major stock holder in the CPR, and its director in 1883. |