Farlinger

Fairloch Station Farlinger Station Macdiarmid Station

Farlinger was a station on the railway located between Fairloch and Macdiarmid at Milepost 34.9/84.6.

Established in 1930, Farlinger was nothing more than a whistle stop on the line. Its main purpose was to serve the sawmill that had been opened on the nearby shore of Lake Nipigon by the Western Stevedore Company, which was later taken over by the Nipigon Products Company. A short spur was constructed to serve mill in 1925 known as Stevedore #2 and in 1929 became the Farlinger Spur. Its name is derived from George E. Farlinger, a well known lumberman from Sioux Lookout who was involved with both companies. The spur was linked to the station from 1930 to 1936, but was removed from use until 1941. That year it became the C.E. McDevitt Spur until it was taken over by the Great Lakes Lumber Company in 1948. The spur was removed once again in 1949 and Farlinger ceased to be a station in 1957.

The area where Farlinger sits was once part of Blacksand Provincial Park, which was later renamed Lake Nipigon Provincial Park in 1978. In 1994 the park was closed and part of the land transferred to the Government of Canada for the creation of Sand Point First Nation, now known as Bingwi Neyaashi Anishinaabek.