{"id":20379,"date":"2017-11-28T09:11:17","date_gmt":"2017-11-28T14:11:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/allin\/?p=20379"},"modified":"2020-03-26T03:25:35","modified_gmt":"2020-03-26T07:25:35","slug":"the-canadian-pacific-holiday-train-holiday-fun-heritage-and-helping-others","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/allin\/2017\/11\/28\/the-canadian-pacific-holiday-train-holiday-fun-heritage-and-helping-others\/","title":{"rendered":"The Canadian Pacific Holiday Train: holiday fun, heritage, and helping others"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Canadian Pacific Holiday Train in Merrickville, Ontario. Photo: James Morgan<\/p><\/div>\n

A parade on rails<\/h3>\n

Parades are a part of the holiday season in many towns, but this is a parade on rails that travels across most of Canada and parts of the United States,\u00a0and a few eastern Ontario and Champlain Valley towns got enjoy it. For 19 years, the Canadian Pacific Railway (CP), has ran its annual Holiday Train to spread seasonal cheer in communities along its tracks. It\u2019s decorated with lights, and one of the boxcars opens up as a stage.<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n

Two Canadian Pacific Holiday Trains left Montreal on Monday. One headed west across Canada to Vancouver, the other went south into New York State and made stops in Rouses Point, Plattsburgh, Port Henry, Ticonderoga, and Fort Edward on the way to Saratoga Springs, its final destination (see story by Zach Hirsch<\/a>).<\/p>\n