Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn Subdivision (MP 14.7-19.9) near Geraldton, ON. Features the grade east of Geraldton Station with culverts, telegraph poles, signage and the start of the siding.
Part 6 of 6.
Active, 1914-2005.
Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn Subdivision (MP 14.7-19.9) near Hardrock, ON. Features the grade west of Hardrock Station with culverts, telegraph poles and milepost markers.
Part 5 of 6.
Active, 1914-2005.
Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn Subdivision (MP 14.7-19.9) near Hardrock, ON. Features the grade as it skirts the shore of Kenogamisis Lake to Hardrock Station with rock cuts, telegraph poles, remains of the spur and views of Hardrock Bay.
Part 4 of 6.
Active, 1914-2005.
Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn Subdivision (MP 14.7-19.9) near Hardrock, ON. Features the grade as it skirts the shore of Kenogamisis Lake with rock cuts, telegraph poles, milepost markers and views of the lake.
Part 3 of 6.
Active, 1914-2005.
Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn Subdivision (MP 14.7-19.9) at Kenogamisis Lake, ON. Features the grade at and west of Langmuir Station with the remains of the siding, section house, water tank, milepost markers and various debris, including a set of handcar or trailer wheels.
Part 2 of 6.
Active, 1914-2005.
Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn Subdivision (MP 14.7-19.9) at Devilfish Bay on Kenogamisis Lake, ON. Features the grade at the west end of a long rock causeway with a 32-foot bridge, milepost markers and the start of the siding at Langmuir Station.
Part 1 of 6.
Active, 1914-2005.
Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn Subdivision (MP 9-14.7) at Kenogamisis Lake, ON. Features the grade with the remains of ties and telegraph poles as it approaches and then crosses over Devilfish Bay of Kenogamsis Lake on 1230-foot rock causeway.
Part 5 of 5.
Active, 1914-2005.
Feature Friday
William Rees Brock, president of the Port Arthur, Duluth and Western Railway when it officially opened in June 1893. Born in Eramosa Township, Upper Canada in 1836, Brock was a well known and well connected businessman in Toronto at the time. His company, W.R. Brock Company Limited, was one of the largest dry goods retailers in the city.
It is unknown how Brock became associated with the PAD&W as his name does appear in any railway records or newspaper reports until his election as president. It is assumed that his position on the Board of Directors of the Toronto General Trusts Company (which was managing the estate of a deceased investor) and his connections to the Bank Commerce (which had loaned the company a considerable amount of money) was the catalyst for his election, with those companies attempting to secure their interests in the line. Brock remained the president until the company was dissolved following its purchase by Mackenzie, Mann and Company and later incorporation into the Canadian Northern Railway Company.
Photo courtesy of TD Bank Group Archives.
Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn Subdivision (MP 9-14.7) near Kenogamisis Lake, ON. Features the grade as it passes through some very grown in areas and crosses over an unnamed creek (which I called Kenogamisis Creek) on a very deteriorated 45-foot trestle.
Part 4 of 5.
Active, 1914-2005.
Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn Subdivision (MP 9-14.7) near Kenogamisis Lake, ON. Features the grade west of the Kenogamisis River with signage, culverts, some very unique stone ballast and the site of a proposed station, Devilfish.
Part 3 of 5.
Active, 1914-2005.
Poverty, Agony, Distress & Want! 