Between 1871 and 1877 surveys were completed in British Columbia for the Canadian Pacific Railway and then until 1885 the railway was constructed. Maybe people were involved in both these projects. The following list is a partial biography of some of these people.
- Bell
- Edgar Dewdney
- Sandford Fleming
- Gamsby
- George Grant
- Henry Cambie
- Homfray
- Charles Horetzky
- Joseph Hunter
- Jared Hurd
- E.W. Jarvis
- Jennings
- George Keefer
- James Mahood
- Roderick McLennan
- McMillan
- Walter Moberly
- Edward Mohun
- Andrew Onderdonk
- A.B. Rogers
- Rylatt
- Secretan
- Marcus Smith
- Tiedemann
- John Trutch
- Joseph Trutch
- William Cornelius Van Horne