‘Trans Canadian railway line is considered as the economic artery of Canada’. Explain.

Trans-Canadian railway line is regarded as the economic artery of Canada because of the following reasons:

(A) It covers 7,050 kilometres of distance running from Halifax located in the East to Vancouver located on the Pacific coast.

(B) It links crucial cities of Ottawa, Calgary, Winnipeg and Montreal.

(C) It links the Quebec-Montreal industrial area with Prairie region’s wheat belt, thus obtaining economic importance.

(D) It also links the coniferous forest area in the North to Quebec-Montreal as well as the Prairies. All these areas have emerged as complementary to one another.

(E) One loop line beginning from Winnipeg to Thunder Bay (the Lake Superior) links this railway line with one of the crucial waterways in the world.