Video of a portion of the 2 mile spur built to service the Cameron Falls Generating Station in 1917. It branches off the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN Dorion/Kinghorn Subdivision at Milepost 66.4/116.1. The date of its removal is unknown.
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CNoR/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision MP 65.5-69.4 II (Cameron Falls Station)
Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision (MP 115.2-119.1) east of Cameron Falls, ON. Features the grade at and west of Cameron Falls Station with telegraph poles, signage, rock cuts and the remains of the Cameron Falls spur.
Part 2 of 7.
Active, 1914-2005.
CNoR/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision MP 65.5-69.4 I
Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision (MP 115.2-119.1) east of Cameron Falls, ON. Features the grade west from an unnamed road to Cameron Falls Station with culverts, signage and the site of the original Cameron Falls Station (MP 66/115.7).
Part 1 of 7.
Active, 1914-2005.
CNoR/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision MP 60.9-65.5 VI
Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision (MP 110.6-115.2) east of Cameron Falls, ON. Features the grade west of MacAskill Station as it passes through a cutting to a level crossing with signage.
Part 6 of 6.
Active, 1914-2005.
CNoR/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision MP 60.9-65.5 IV (MacAskill Station)
Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision (MP 110.6-115.2) east of Cameron Falls, ON. Features the grade as it passes through MacAskill Siding, which went through numerous name changes during its history. A rare structure, likely a small tool shed, sits at western end of the siding.
Part 5 of 6.
Active, 1914-2005.
CNoR/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision MP 60.9-65.5 IV
Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision (MP 110.6-115.2) east of Cameron Falls, ON. Features the grade as it passes through a sharp 90-degree bend (what I call “The Angle”) with numerous high embankments, telegraph poles, cuts and the remains of a wheel flange greaser.
Part 4 of 6.
Active, 1914-2005.
CNoR/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision MP 60.9-65.5 III
Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision (MP 110.6-115.2) east of Cameron Falls, ON. Features the grade as it passes through a number of curves and over Polly Creek with telegraph poles, culverts and milepost markers.
Part 3 of 6.
Active, 1914-2005.
CNoR/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision MP 60.9-65.5 II
Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision (MP 110.6-115.2) east of Cameron Falls, ON. Features the grade south of the former flag stop at Milepost 61.4/111.1 with telegraph poles, cuttings, embankments and a culvert over a branch of Polly Creek.
Part 2 of 6.
Active, 1914-2005.
CNoR/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision MP 60.9-65.5 I
Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision (MP 110.6-115.2) east of Cameron Falls, ON. Features the grade south of Hogarth Station as it passes through a swampy area reaching a former flag stop and siding (1939-1946) at Milepost 61.4/111.1.
Part 1 of 6.
Active, 1914-2005.
Extra Credit XXI “Up the Mountain”
Extra Credit is video series that examines topics related to history in the Thunder Bay District and exploring that history.
This episode takes us up one of the Norwester Mountains near my hometown Thunder Bay, Ontario. I’ve been going up the mountain since 2007 and it was a big part of my winter routine with my boys when they were younger. This time it is just Luna and myself as we take in a beautiful winter day and huff and puff our way up to the Lost Mountain Lookout and beyond.
Enjoy!
Poverty, Agony, Distress & Want! 