John Charles - Revision history

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	# Merit Award Winner Citation [[File:1976 - J.L. Charles.pdf\|1000px\|frame]]		# Merit Award Winner Citation [[File:1976 - J.L. Charles.pdf\|1000px\|frame\left]]
	==Major John Leslie (Les) Charles (1892-1992); An Extraordinary Canadian Railway Engineer Sources==		==Major John Leslie (Les) Charles (1892-1992); An Extraordinary Canadian Railway Engineer Sources==
	# Canadian Geotechnical Society. 1982. Unedited transcript of interview of Major J.L. Charles, November 11, 1982 (Revised April 1983). University of Alberta Archives, Accession No.86-29, Canadian Geotechnical Heritage Project Box 4, M.G. 85, 1986-10-16 DEM (non- digitized).		# Canadian Geotechnical Society. 1982. Unedited transcript of interview of Major J.L. Charles, November 11, 1982 (Revised April 1983). University of Alberta Archives, Accession No.86-29, Canadian Geotechnical Heritage Project Box 4, M.G. 85, 1986-10-16 DEM (non- digitized).

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References and Further Reading

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	I big thank you to all those individuals mentioned in this article (and others who I may have missed) who helped me “find” Major Charles.		I big thank you to all those individuals mentioned in this article (and others who I may have missed) who helped me “find” Major Charles.

	=~~References and~~ Further Reading=		=Further Reading=
	# [[Hudson Bay Railway]]		# [[Hudson Bay Railway]]
	# Merit Award Winner Citation [[File:1976 - J.L. Charles.pdf\|1000px\|frame]]		# Merit Award Winner Citation [[File:1976 - J.L. Charles.pdf\|1000px\|frame]]
			==Major John Leslie (Les) Charles (1892-1992); An Extraordinary Canadian Railway Engineer Sources==
	Major John Leslie (Les) Charles (1892-1992); An Extraordinary Canadian Railway Engineer Sources
	# Canadian Geotechnical Society. 1982. Unedited transcript of interview of Major J.L. Charles, November 11, 1982 (Revised April 1983). University of Alberta Archives, Accession No.86-29, Canadian Geotechnical Heritage Project Box 4, M.G. 85, 1986-10-16 DEM (non- digitized).		# Canadian Geotechnical Society. 1982. Unedited transcript of interview of Major J.L. Charles, November 11, 1982 (Revised April 1983). University of Alberta Archives, Accession No.86-29, Canadian Geotechnical Heritage Project Box 4, M.G. 85, 1986-10-16 DEM (non- digitized).
			# Charles, John Leslie. 1978. Westward Go Young Man. Volumes 1 and 2. Printed by CANAC Consultants Engineers Geoscientists Manitoba. Hudson Bay Railway. https://heritage.enggeomb.ca/index.php/Hudson_Bay_Railway
	#Charles, John Leslie. 1978. Westward Go Young Man. Volumes 1 and 2. Printed by CANAC Consultants Engineers Geoscientists Manitoba. Hudson Bay Railway. https://heritage.enggeomb.ca/index.php/Hudson_Bay_Railway		# Manitoba Historical Society. Manitoba Manitobans, John Leslie Charles (1892-1992). https://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/people/charles_jl.shtml
			# University of Manitoba Libraries and Digital Archives. John Leslie Charles Fonds. [https://digitalcollections.lib.umanitoba.ca/islandora/object/uofm%3Acharles?f%5B0%5D=co%20llection_title_ms%3A%22John%5C%20Leslie%5C%20Charles%5C%20fonds%22 https://digitalcollections.lib.umanitoba.ca/islandora/object/uofm%3Acharles?f%5B0%5D=co llection_title_ms%3A%22John%5C%20Leslie%5C%20Charles%5C%20fonds%22]
	#Manitoba Historical Society. Manitoba Manitobans, John Leslie Charles (1892-1992). https://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/people/charles_jl.shtml

	#University of Manitoba Libraries and Digital Archives. John Leslie Charles Fonds. [https://digitalcollections.lib.umanitoba.ca/islandora/object/uofm%3Acharles?f%5B0%5D=co%20llection_title_ms%3A%22John%5C%20Leslie%5C%20Charles%5C%20fonds%22 https://digitalcollections.lib.umanitoba.ca/islandora/object/uofm%3Acharles?f%5B0%5D=co llection_title_ms%3A%22John%5C%20Leslie%5C%20Charles%5C%20fonds%22]

	#Wikipedia. John Leslie Charles. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Leslie_Charles (all online sources were accessed August 2023).		#Wikipedia. John Leslie Charles. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Leslie_Charles (all online sources were accessed August 2023).

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	I big thank you to all those individuals mentioned in this article (and others who I may have missed) who helped me “find” Major Charles.		I big thank you to all those individuals mentioned in this article (and others who I may have missed) who helped me “find” Major Charles.

	=Further Reading=		=References and Further Reading=
	# [[Hudson Bay Railway]]		# [[Hudson Bay Railway]]
	# Merit Award Winner Citation [[File:1976 - J.L. Charles.pdf\|1000px\|frame]]		# Merit Award Winner Citation [[File:1976 - J.L. Charles.pdf\|1000px\|frame]]
	~~==Major John Leslie (Les) Charles (1892-1992); An Extraordinary Canadian Railway Engineer Sources==~~
	Canadian Geotechnical Society. 1982. Unedited transcript of interview of Major J.L. Charles, November 11, 1982 (Revised April 1983). University of Alberta Archives, Accession No.86-29, Canadian Geotechnical Heritage Project Box 4, M.G. 85, 1986-10-16 DEM (non- digitized).

	~~Charles,~~ John Leslie. ~~1978~~. ~~Westward Go Young Man~~. ~~Volumes 1 and 2~~. ~~Printed by CANAC Consultants Engineers Geoscientists Manitoba~~. ~~Hudson Bay Railway~~. ~~https://heritage~~.~~enggeomb~~.~~ca/index~~.~~php/Hudson_Bay_Railway~~		Major John Leslie (Les) Charles (1892-1992); An Extraordinary Canadian Railway Engineer Sources
			# Canadian Geotechnical Society. 1982. Unedited transcript of interview of Major J.L. Charles, November 11, 1982 (Revised April 1983). University of Alberta Archives, Accession No.86-29, Canadian Geotechnical Heritage Project Box 4, M.G. 85, 1986-10-16 DEM (non- digitized).

	~~Manitoba Historical Society. Manitoba Manitobans~~, John Leslie ~~Charles (1892-1992)~~. https://~~www~~.~~mhs.mb~~.ca/~~docs~~/~~people/charles_jl.shtml~~		#Charles, John Leslie. 1978. Westward Go Young Man. Volumes 1 and 2. Printed by CANAC Consultants Engineers Geoscientists Manitoba. Hudson Bay Railway. https://heritage.enggeomb.ca/index.php/Hudson_Bay_Railway

	~~University of~~ Manitoba ~~Libraries and Digital Archives~~. John Leslie Charles ~~Fonds~~. [https://~~digitalcollections~~.~~lib~~.~~umanitoba~~.ca/~~islandora/object/uofm%3Acharles?f%5B0%5D=co%20llection_title_ms%3A%22John%5C%20Leslie%5C%20Charles%5C%20fonds%22 https:~~//~~digitalcollections~~.~~lib.umanitoba.ca/islandora/object/uofm%3Acharles?f%5B0%5D=co llection_title_ms%3A%22John%5C%20Leslie%5C%20Charles%5C%20fonds%22]~~		#Manitoba Historical Society. Manitoba Manitobans, John Leslie Charles (1892-1992). https://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/people/charles_jl.shtml

	Wikipedia. John Leslie Charles. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Leslie_Charles (all online sources were accessed August 2023).		#University of Manitoba Libraries and Digital Archives. John Leslie Charles Fonds. [https://digitalcollections.lib.umanitoba.ca/islandora/object/uofm%3Acharles?f%5B0%5D=co%20llection_title_ms%3A%22John%5C%20Leslie%5C%20Charles%5C%20fonds%22 https://digitalcollections.lib.umanitoba.ca/islandora/object/uofm%3Acharles?f%5B0%5D=co llection_title_ms%3A%22John%5C%20Leslie%5C%20Charles%5C%20fonds%22]

			#Wikipedia. John Leslie Charles. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Leslie_Charles (all online sources were accessed August 2023).

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	# Merit Award Winner Citation [[File:1976 - J.L. Charles.pdf\|1000px]]		# Merit Award Winner Citation [[File:1976 - J.L. Charles.pdf\|1000px\|frame]]
	==Major John Leslie (Les) Charles (1892-1992); An Extraordinary Canadian Railway Engineer Sources==		==Major John Leslie (Les) Charles (1892-1992); An Extraordinary Canadian Railway Engineer Sources==
	Canadian Geotechnical Society. 1982. Unedited transcript of interview of Major J.L. Charles, November 11, 1982 (Revised April 1983). University of Alberta Archives, Accession No.86-29, Canadian Geotechnical Heritage Project Box 4, M.G. 85, 1986-10-16 DEM (non- digitized).		Canadian Geotechnical Society. 1982. Unedited transcript of interview of Major J.L. Charles, November 11, 1982 (Revised April 1983). University of Alberta Archives, Accession No.86-29, Canadian Geotechnical Heritage Project Box 4, M.G. 85, 1986-10-16 DEM (non- digitized).

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	[[File:1976 - J.L. Charles.pdf\|1000px]]		# [[Hudson Bay Railway]]
	~~[[Hudson Bay Railway]]~~		# Merit Award Winner Citation [[File:1976 - J.L. Charles.pdf\|1000px]]

	==Major John Leslie (Les) Charles (1892-1992); An Extraordinary Canadian Railway Engineer Sources==		==Major John Leslie (Les) Charles (1892-1992); An Extraordinary Canadian Railway Engineer Sources==
	Canadian Geotechnical Society. 1982. Unedited transcript of interview of Major J.L. Charles, November 11, 1982 (Revised April 1983). University of Alberta Archives, Accession No.86-29, Canadian Geotechnical Heritage Project Box 4, M.G. 85, 1986-10-16 DEM (non- digitized).		Canadian Geotechnical Society. 1982. Unedited transcript of interview of Major J.L. Charles, November 11, 1982 (Revised April 1983). University of Alberta Archives, Accession No.86-29, Canadian Geotechnical Heritage Project Box 4, M.G. 85, 1986-10-16 DEM (non- digitized).

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	Hudson Bay Railway ~~[[https://heritage.enggeomb.ca/index.php/Hudson_Bay_Railway~~]]		[[Hudson Bay Railway]]

	==Major John Leslie (Les) Charles (1892-1992); An Extraordinary Canadian Railway Engineer Sources==		==Major John Leslie (Les) Charles (1892-1992); An Extraordinary Canadian Railway Engineer Sources==

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	https://heritage.enggeomb.ca/index.php/Hudson_Bay_Railway		Hudson Bay Railway [[https://heritage.enggeomb.ca/index.php/Hudson_Bay_Railway]]

	==Major John Leslie (Les) Charles (1892-1992); An Extraordinary Canadian Railway Engineer Sources==		==Major John Leslie (Les) Charles (1892-1992); An Extraordinary Canadian Railway Engineer Sources==

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	='''Major John Leslie (Les) Charles (1892-1992); An Extraordinary Canadian Railway Engineer by Doug VanDine'''=		='''Major John Leslie (Les) Charles (1892-1992); An Extraordinary Canadian Railway Engineer by Doug VanDine'''=

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	I big thank you to all those individuals mentioned in this article (and others who I may have missed) who helped me “find” Major Charles.		I big thank you to all those individuals mentioned in this article (and others who I may have missed) who helped me “find” Major Charles.

	=~~Reference~~=		=Further Reading=
	[[File:1976 - J.L. Charles.pdf\|1000px]]		[[File:1976 - J.L. Charles.pdf\|1000px]]
			https://heritage.enggeomb.ca/index.php/Hudson_Bay_Railway

	==Major John Leslie (Les) Charles (1892-1992); An Extraordinary Canadian Railway Engineer Sources==		==Major John Leslie (Les) Charles (1892-1992); An Extraordinary Canadian Railway Engineer Sources==

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Later Years

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	In the mid-1970s, Charles was featured in a 1976, 22-minute, documentary, “On to the Bay”, on the location and construction of the HBR. It was produced by the Queen’s University- based Canadian Institute of Guided Ground Transport. He was featured in the documentary visiting locations along the railway and recalling what it was like surveying, constructing and working on the railway in the early 1900s. (See https://digital.library.queensu.ca/bay.)		In the mid-1970s, Charles was featured in a 1976, 22-minute, documentary, “On to the Bay”, on the location and construction of the HBR. It was produced by the Queen’s University- based Canadian Institute of Guided Ground Transport. He was featured in the documentary visiting locations along the railway and recalling what it was like surveying, constructing and working on the railway in the early 1900s. (See https://digital.library.queensu.ca/bay.)

			[[File:8 - Charles at Moose Lake.jpg\|frame\|left\|Charles (right) revisiting a 1911 GTP engineers' cabin on Moose Lake, along the CN main line in upper Fraser River Valley, BC. The cabin was found derelict in 1977, then leased and rehabilitated by CN engineer Ron Bailey (with back to camera) and his wife (left). The identity of the other woman is unknown. (photo credit source Grant Bailey) ]]

	Charles’ wife Lena, who was two years older than Charles, died in 1973 at the age of 83. After Charles retired for the final time, he moved in with his daughter and her family in Winnipeg. For several years thereafter, he adopted an annual pattern of travelling for six months of the year. He would purchase an “around-the-world” airline ticket and zigzag in one direction, literally around the world with no set itinerary. He would spend enough time in each place to get to know it a bit, and then move on. Scotland, Switzerland, Australia and islands in the Indian and Pacific oceans were his popular destinations. He told a grandson that he was “looking for the best Pacific island.” He also travelled to more exotic places such as Kashmir in northern India, the Khyber Pass between Pakistan and Afghanistan, and the jungles of Papúa New Guinea to find a tribe of “head shrinkers.” He also canoed a portion of the Zambezi River in southeastern Africa. In 1982, when Charles was 89, he started to take less adventuresome and demanding trips, such as to Hawaii.		Charles’ wife Lena, who was two years older than Charles, died in 1973 at the age of 83. After Charles retired for the final time, he moved in with his daughter and her family in Winnipeg. For several years thereafter, he adopted an annual pattern of travelling for six months of the year. He would purchase an “around-the-world” airline ticket and zigzag in one direction, literally around the world with no set itinerary. He would spend enough time in each place to get to know it a bit, and then move on. Scotland, Switzerland, Australia and islands in the Indian and Pacific oceans were his popular destinations. He told a grandson that he was “looking for the best Pacific island.” He also travelled to more exotic places such as Kashmir in northern India, the Khyber Pass between Pakistan and Afghanistan, and the jungles of Papúa New Guinea to find a tribe of “head shrinkers.” He also canoed a portion of the Zambezi River in southeastern Africa. In 1982, when Charles was 89, he started to take less adventuresome and demanding trips, such as to Hawaii.

	[[File:8 - Charles at Moose Lake.jpg\|frame\|left\|Charles (right) revisiting a 1911 GTP engineers' cabin on Moose Lake, along the CN main line in upper Fraser River Valley, BC. The cabin was found derelict in 1977, then leased and rehabilitated by CN engineer Ron Bailey (with back to camera) and his wife (left). The identity of the other woman is unknown. (photo credit source Grant Bailey) ]]

	In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Charles made several summer train trips to western Canada to visit rail lines he had surveyed, constructed and/or was associated with during his career. During his 1983 junket, when he was 90, Charles took the opportunity to go up in a glider.		In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Charles made several summer train trips to western Canada to visit rail lines he had surveyed, constructed and/or was associated with during his career. During his 1983 junket, when he was 90, Charles took the opportunity to go up in a glider.

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	Charles’ wife Lena, who was two years older than Charles, died in 1973 at the age of 83. After Charles retired for the final time, he moved in with his daughter and her family in Winnipeg. For several years thereafter, he adopted an annual pattern of travelling for six months of the year. He would purchase an “around-the-world” airline ticket and zigzag in one direction, literally around the world with no set itinerary. He would spend enough time in each place to get to know it a bit, and then move on. Scotland, Switzerland, Australia and islands in the Indian and Pacific oceans were his popular destinations. He told a grandson that he was “looking for the best Pacific island.” He also travelled to more exotic places such as Kashmir in northern India, the Khyber Pass between Pakistan and Afghanistan, and the jungles of Papúa New Guinea to find a tribe of “head shrinkers.” He also canoed a portion of the Zambezi River in southeastern Africa. In 1982, when Charles was 89, he started to take less adventuresome and demanding trips, such as to Hawaii.		Charles’ wife Lena, who was two years older than Charles, died in 1973 at the age of 83. After Charles retired for the final time, he moved in with his daughter and her family in Winnipeg. For several years thereafter, he adopted an annual pattern of travelling for six months of the year. He would purchase an “around-the-world” airline ticket and zigzag in one direction, literally around the world with no set itinerary. He would spend enough time in each place to get to know it a bit, and then move on. Scotland, Switzerland, Australia and islands in the Indian and Pacific oceans were his popular destinations. He told a grandson that he was “looking for the best Pacific island.” He also travelled to more exotic places such as Kashmir in northern India, the Khyber Pass between Pakistan and Afghanistan, and the jungles of Papúa New Guinea to find a tribe of “head shrinkers.” He also canoed a portion of the Zambezi River in southeastern Africa. In 1982, when Charles was 89, he started to take less adventuresome and demanding trips, such as to Hawaii.

	[[File:8 - Charles at Moose Lake.jpg\|frame\|~~center~~\|Charles (right) revisiting a 1911 GTP engineers' cabin on Moose Lake, along the CN main line in upper Fraser River Valley, BC. The cabin was found derelict in 1977, then leased and rehabilitated by CN engineer Ron Bailey (with back to camera) and his wife (left). The identity of the other woman is unknown. (photo credit source Grant Bailey) ]]		[[File:8 - Charles at Moose Lake.jpg\|frame\|left\|Charles (right) revisiting a 1911 GTP engineers' cabin on Moose Lake, along the CN main line in upper Fraser River Valley, BC. The cabin was found derelict in 1977, then leased and rehabilitated by CN engineer Ron Bailey (with back to camera) and his wife (left). The identity of the other woman is unknown. (photo credit source Grant Bailey) ]]

	In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Charles made several summer train trips to western Canada to visit rail lines he had surveyed, constructed and/or was associated with during his career. During his 1983 junket, when he was 90, Charles took the opportunity to go up in a glider.		In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Charles made several summer train trips to western Canada to visit rail lines he had surveyed, constructed and/or was associated with during his career. During his 1983 junket, when he was 90, Charles took the opportunity to go up in a glider.