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Houseflags of the Canadian Pacific Companies

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Canadian Pacific Lines

[Canadian Pacific Lines] image by Al Fisher

CP Rail, since 1968
[Canadian Pacific Lines] image by Jarrig Bakker

CP Shipping, since 1968
[Canadian Pacific Lines] image by Jarig Bakker

Canadian Pacific is a Canadian company which owned ships, trains and planes.

Their former airline branch (Canadian Pacific Air or CP air) is the today CanadiXn Airlines (IATA code: CP )

X = a clever way to escape from the Canadian law that any name will appear in English and French. In order not to write both CanadiAn and CanadiEn on their planes , they put the company logo in the problematic font place.
Dov Gutterman, 27 January 1999

Canadian Pacific Railway Co. was incorporated 2.5.1882 as a Canadian company (principally US money) The checky flag originating from them from the way with the construction of the rail line land on either side of the track was allocated in alternate blocks