Biography
Millington Henry Synge, a Lieutenant in the Royal Engineers, stationed in Canada, promoted the concept of a transcontinental communications system in a pamphlet with the lengthy title Canada in 1848: *Being an examination of the existing resources of British North America. With considerations for their further and more perfect development as a practical remedy, by means of colonization, for the prevailing distress in the United Empire, and for the defense of the colony*. Four years later, in 1852, Synge, by now a Captain, enlarged upon his earlier thoughts by publishing the pamphlet *Great Britain, One Empire. On the union of the Dominions of Great Britain by inter-communication with the Pacific and the East via British North America with suggestions for the profitable colonization of that wealthy territory*. Captain Synge’s ultimate plan was a continuous transcontinental railway.
Source: [Atlas of Alberta Railways](https://railways.library.ualberta.ca/Chapters-3-1/)
Source: [Atlas of Alberta Railways](https://railways.library.ualberta.ca/Chapters-3-1/)
Books by Millington Henry Synge
The lakes and canals of Canada
On practical communication wit
On practical communication with the Red River district, Central British America
Specification of Millington Henry Synge
On the defence of England
The Colony of Rupert's Land
The Colony of Rupert's Land
The colony of Rupert's Land, where is it and by what title held?
The country v. the Company, or
The country v. the Company, or, Why British North America may be peopled, and how it may be done, with suggestions toward a plan for doing so to the best advantage ..
Great Britain one Empire
Proposal for a rapid communication with the Pacific and the East, viâ British North America ...
Canada in 1848
Canada in 1848