one but a standard black iron one), and once he completed that task, he gave gold watches to the men in charge of each crew. Painted on the last tie was "Point of Completion April 7th, 1914". After the ceremony, that last section of rail was removed and sliced into sections and then polished and engraved. The pieces were given to railway officials as paper-weights. One of these is in the possession of the Prince George Railway and Forestry Museum. See also Last Spike (Canadian Pacific Railway) References A Thousand Blunders: The History of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway in Northern British Columbia Frank Leonard Paddlewheels on the Frontier Volume One Art Downs A History of Prince George Rev FE Runnals Notes External links Prince George Railway and Forestry Museum: Pioneer letter describing ceremony History of British Columbia Grand Trunk Pacific Railway 1914 in rail transport