Lady Dufferin also maintained a high profile during her husband's term as Governor General, accompanying him on tours and frequently appearing in public. Visiting Manitoba in September 1877, Lord and Lady Dufferin each drove a spike in the line of the new Canadian Pacific Railway, and the first engine on the railway was christened "Lady Dufferin". Throughout her time in Canada, Lady Dufferin wrote letters to her mother in Ireland, which were later collected and published as "My Canadian Journal". She later said that of all her experiences, her happiest times had been spent in Canada.