Re-examining Gordon Lightfoot's Canadian Railroad Trilogy

The Canadian Railroad Trilogy was commissioned by the CBC in 1967 to mark the country's centennial and has become one of Gordon Lightfoot's signature songs. But there's more to the story than that. CBC Creator Network's Noah Lefevre (of Polyphonic) explains it all in this new video essay.

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