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The commencement of a transcontinental railway was an incentive for which province's entry into Confederation in 1871?


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This is a common history question if you live in Canada.

That's because the province that was entered into the federation to join in 1871 was British Columbia.

However this was on condition that British Columbia built a transcontinental railway.

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