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Andrew Onderdonk

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Andrew Onderdonk (30 August 1848 – 21 June 1905) was an American construction contractor who worked on several major projects in the West, including the San Francisco seawall in California and the Canadian Pacific Railway in British Columbia. [1]

61 relations: British Columbia, California, Canadian Pacific Railway, Canadian Pacific Survey, Construction, Contract, Craigellachie, British Columbia, Darius Ogden Mills, Discrimination, Eagle Pass (British Columbia), Emory City, Engineering, Explosive material, Ferry slip, Fraser Canyon, Fraser River, Goldstream River (Columbia River), Government of Canada, Harbor, History of British Columbia, History of Chinese immigration to Canada, In the Sea of Sterile Mountains, Investor, Kamloops, Kinbasket Lake, Lake Revelstoke, Little River (Little Shuswap Lake), Little Shuswap Lake, Lytton, British Columbia, Machin, Ontario, McClelland & Stewart, New Jersey, New York City, New York City Subway, Nitroglycerin, Ontario, Overseas Chinese, Plainfield, New Jersey, Port Moody, Qing dynasty, Racism, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Rice, Robin Skelton, San Francisco, Savona, British Columbia, Scurvy, Seawall, Selkirk Mountains, Shuswap Lake, ..., Sicamous, Spences Bridge, Steamship, Surveying, Thompson River, Trent–Severn Waterway, Tunnel, Vancouver, White people, Wood River (British Columbia), Yale, British Columbia. Expand index (11 more) »

British Columbia

British Columbia (BC; Colombie-Britannique) is the westernmost province of Canada, located between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains.

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California

California is a state in the Pacific Region of the United States.

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Canadian Pacific Railway

The Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR), also known formerly as CP Rail between 1968 and 1996, is a historic Canadian Class I railroad incorporated in 1881.

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Canadian Pacific Survey

The Canadian Pacific Survey or Canadian Pacific Railway Survey comprised many distinct geographical surveys conducted during the 1870s and 1880s, designed to determine the ideal route of the Canadian Pacific Railway.

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Construction

Construction is the process of constructing a building or infrastructure.

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Contract

A contract is a promise or set of promises that are legally enforceable and, if violated, allow the injured party access to legal remedies.

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Craigellachie, British Columbia

Craigellachie (pronounced, but or can be substituted for the) is a locality in British Columbia, located several kilometres to the west of the Eagle Pass summit between Sicamous and Revelstoke.

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Darius Ogden Mills

Darius Ogden Mills (September 25, 1825 – January 3, 1910) was a prominent American banker and philanthropist.

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Discrimination

In human social affairs, discrimination is treatment or consideration of, or making a distinction in favor of or against, a person based on the group, class, or category to which the person is perceived to belong.

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Eagle Pass (British Columbia)

Eagle Pass (elevation) is a mountain pass through the Gold Range of the Monashee Mountains in British Columbia, Canada.

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Emory City

Emory City was a town on the Fraser River just 5 km (3 miles) south of Yale, British Columbia.

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Engineering

Engineering is the creative application of science, mathematical methods, and empirical evidence to the innovation, design, construction, operation and maintenance of structures, machines, materials, devices, systems, processes, and organizations.

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Explosive material

An explosive material, also called an explosive, is a reactive substance that contains a great amount of potential energy that can produce an explosion if released suddenly, usually accompanied by the production of light, heat, sound, and pressure.

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Ferry slip

A ferry slip is a specialized docking facility that receives a ferryboat or train ferry.

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Fraser Canyon

The Fraser Canyon is a major landform of the Fraser River where it descends rapidly through narrow rock gorges in the Coast Mountains en route from the Interior Plateau of British Columbia to the Fraser Valley.

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Fraser River

The Fraser River is the longest river within British Columbia, Canada, rising at Fraser Pass near Blackrock Mountain in the Rocky Mountains and flowing for, into the Strait of Georgia at the city of Vancouver.

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Goldstream River (Columbia River)

The Goldstream River is a tributary of the Columbia River, joining that stream via the Lake Revelstoke reservoir after running largely west from the heart of the northern Selkirk Mountains.

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Government of Canada

The Government of Canada (Gouvernement du Canada), formally Her Majesty's Government (Gouvernement de Sa Majesté), is the federal administration of Canada.

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Harbor

A harbor or harbour (see spelling differences; synonyms: wharves, haven) is a sheltered body of water where ships, boats, and barges can be docked.

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History of British Columbia

British Columbia is the westernmost province of Canada.

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History of Chinese immigration to Canada

In the late 1770s, some 120 Chinese contract labourers arrived at Nootka Sound, Vancouver Island.

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In the Sea of Sterile Mountains

In the Sea of Sterile Mountains: The Chinese in British Columbia is a 1974 book by James Morton, published by J. J. Douglas.

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Investor

An investor is a person that allocates capital with the expectation of a future financial return.

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Kamloops

Kamloops is a city in south-central British Columbia in Canada at the confluence of the two branches of the Thompson River near Kamloops Lake.

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Kinbasket Lake

Kinbasket Lake (or Kinbasket Reservoir) is a reservoir on the Columbia River in southeast British Columbia, north of the city of Revelstoke and the town of Golden.

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Lake Revelstoke

Lake Revelstoke or Revelstoke Lake or Revelstoke Lake Reservoir is an artificial lake on the Columbia River, north of the town of Revelstoke, British Columbia and south of Mica Creek.

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Little River (Little Shuswap Lake)

The Little River, also known as the Little Shuswap River, is a river in the Shuswap Country region of British Columbia, Canada.

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Little Shuswap Lake

Little Shuswap Lake is a small lake in the Thompson River basin of the southern Interior of British Columbia, Canada, which sits at the transition between the Thompson Country to the west and the Shuswap Country to the east.

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Lytton, British Columbia

Lytton in British Columbia, Canada, sits at the confluence of the Thompson River and Fraser River on the east side of the Fraser.

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Machin, Ontario

Machin is a township in the Canadian province of Ontario, located in the Kenora District west of Dryden.

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McClelland & Stewart

McClelland & Stewart Limited is a Canadian publishing company.

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New Jersey

New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the Northeastern United States.

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New York City

The City of New York, often called New York City (NYC) or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States.

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New York City Subway

The New York City Subway is a rapid transit system owned by the City of New York and leased to the New York City Transit Authority, a subsidiary agency of the state-run Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA).

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Nitroglycerin

Nitroglycerin (NG), also known as nitroglycerine, trinitroglycerin (TNG), trinitroglycerine, nitro, glyceryl trinitrate (GTN), or 1,2,3-trinitroxypropane, is a heavy, colorless, oily, explosive liquid most commonly produced by nitrating glycerol with white fuming nitric acid under conditions appropriate to the formation of the nitric acid ester.

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Ontario

Ontario is one of the 13 provinces and territories of Canada and is located in east-central Canada.

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Overseas Chinese

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Plainfield, New Jersey

Plainfield is a city in Union County, New Jersey, United States, known by its nickname as "The Queen City".

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Port Moody

Port Moody is a city in Metro Vancouver, enveloping the east end of Burrard Inlet in British Columbia, Canada.

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Qing dynasty

The Qing dynasty, also known as the Qing Empire, officially the Great Qing, was the last imperial dynasty of China, established in 1636 and ruling China from 1644 to 1912.

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Racism

Racism is the belief in the superiority of one race over another, which often results in discrimination and prejudice towards people based on their race or ethnicity.

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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, or RPI, is a private research university and space-grant institution located in Troy, New York, with two additional campuses in Hartford and Groton, Connecticut.

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Rice

Rice is the seed of the grass species Oryza sativa (Asian rice) or Oryza glaberrima (African rice).

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Robin Skelton

Robin Skelton (12 October 1925 – 22 August 1997) was a British-born academic, writer, poet, and anthologist.

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San Francisco

San Francisco (initials SF;, Spanish for 'Saint Francis'), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the cultural, commercial, and financial center of Northern California.

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Savona, British Columbia

Savona (originally Savona's Ferry) is a small community located at the west end of Kamloops Lake, where the Thompson River exits it.

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Scurvy

Scurvy is a disease resulting from a lack of vitamin C (ascorbic acid).

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Seawall

A seawall (or sea wall) is a form of coastal defence constructed where the sea, and associated coastal processes, impact directly upon the landforms of the coast.

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Selkirk Mountains

The Selkirk Mountains are a mountain range spanning the northern portion of the Idaho Panhandle, eastern Washington, and southeastern British Columbia.

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Shuswap Lake

Shuswap Lake (pronounced /ˈʃuːʃwɑːp/) is a lake located in south-central British Columbia, Canada that drains via the Little River into Little Shuswap Lake.

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Sicamous

Sicamous is a district municipality in British Columbia located adjacent to the Trans-Canada Highway at the Highway 97A junction, where Mara Lake empties into Shuswap Lake via a short narrows.

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Spences Bridge

Spences Bridge is a community in the Canadian province of British Columbia, situated 35 km (22 miles) north east of Lytton and 44 km (27 miles) south of Ashcroft.

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Steamship

A steamship, often referred to as a steamer, is a type of steam powered vessel, typically ocean-faring and seaworthy, that is propelled by one or more steam engines that typically drive (turn) propellers or paddlewheels.

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Surveying

Surveying or land surveying is the technique, profession, and science of determining the terrestrial or three-dimensional positions of points and the distances and angles between them.

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Thompson River

The Thompson River is the largest tributary of the Fraser River, flowing through the south-central portion of British Columbia, Canada.

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Trent–Severn Waterway

The Trent–Severn Waterway is a -long canal route connecting Lake Ontario at Trenton to Georgian Bay at Port Severn.

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Tunnel

A tunnel is an underground passageway, dug through the surrounding soil/earth/rock and enclosed except for entrance and exit, commonly at each end.

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Vancouver

Vancouver is a coastal seaport city in western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia.

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White people

White people is a racial classification specifier, used mostly for people of European descent; depending on context, nationality, and point of view, the term has at times been expanded to encompass certain persons of North African, Middle Eastern, and South Asian descent, persons who are often considered non-white in other contexts.

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Wood River (British Columbia)

The Wood River is a tributary of the Columbia River in the Canadian province of British Columbia.

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Yale, British Columbia

Yale is an unincorporated town in the Canadian province of British Columbia.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Onderdonk

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