Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision (MP 156.7-161.7) near Pearl, ON. Features the grade as it crosses the Pearl River on a short bridge, then past a rock cut to Road 5 South.
Part 6 of 6.
Active, 1914-2005.
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Feature Friday April 1, 2022
Removing the rails on the Pee Dee. This photo, taken circa 1939, shows crews in an unknown location removing the remaining 35 miles of what was the Port Arthur, Duluth and Western Railway.
The PAD&W was constructed from 1889 and 1893 to provide a link between Port Arthur, ON and Duluth, MN as well as tap nearby iron deposits. Eighty-five miles of rail were laid to the international boundary and six miles into Minnesota to the Paulson Iron Mine, but unfortunately the iron enterprise collapsed just as it was supposed to open. The planned connection to Duluth was never built (despite many later attempts to complete it) which left the line with no real terminus.
It was abandoned in sections, with the last trains running in March 1938. The line’s owner at the time, Canadian National Railways, petitioned the federal government to completely abandon the North Lake Subdivision as it was called which was granted in October 1938.
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CNoR/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision MP 107-112 V
Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision (MP 156.7-161.7) near Pearl, ON. Features the grade near the Pearl River with rock cuts, crossings, telegraph poles and signage.
Part 5 of 6.
Active, 1914-2005.
CNoR/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision MP 107-112 IV
Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision (MP 156.7-161.7) near Pearl, ON. Features the grade west of Ancliff Station with numerous rock cuts, an old abandoned mine shaft and views of Pearl Lake.
Part 4 of 6.
Active, 1914-2005.
CNoR/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision MP 107-112 III
Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision (MP 156.7-161.7) near Pearl, ON. Features the grade west of Ancliff Station with rock cuts, culverts, embankments and a crossing over Welch Creek.
Part 3 of 6.
Active, 1914-2005.
CNoR/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision MP 107-112 II
Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision (MP 156.7-161.7) near Pearl, ON. Features the grade west of Ancliff Station with embankments, numerous culverts, including concrete ones and several grouse.
Part 2 of 6.
Active, 1914-2005.
CNoR/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision MP 107-112 I
Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision (MP 156.7-161.7) near Pearl, ON. Features the grade west of Ancliff Station with the level crossing, a whistle sign and telegraph pole.
Part 1 of 6.
Active, 1914-2005.
Extra Credit XI “Videography, Part I”
Extra Credit is video series that examines topics related to history in the Thunder Bay District and exploring that history.
This episode is all about videography, which I’ve been involved with since the mid 90s when we were still using things like 8mm tapes. I explain some of my background with regard to the cameras I used to record my explorations and how that has evolved over time. I then go into detail about what I currently use on my hikes and their key features and limitations.
Enjoy!
Feature Friday March 25, 2022
Then and now photographs of Ancliff Station in Shuniah, ON. In May 1997, photographer David Schauer captured CN 5097 as she led an eastbound across Superior Shores Road toward Jellicoe and beyond.
Twenty-five years later the area is much quieter, the lone spruce tree standing vigil over the now silent crossing (photo from May 2021). Ancliff Station was located at Milepost 106.6/156.3 of the Canadian Northern Railway Nipigon Subdivision/Canadian National Railways Dorion Subdivision and later Canadian National Railway Kinghorn Subdivision.
CNoR/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision MP 103-107 IV
Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision (MP 152.7-156.7) near Pearl, ON. Features the grade at Ancliff Station with the remains of the siding, various signs, debris, telegraph poles and a former level crossing.
Part 4 of 4.
Active, 1914-2005.
Poverty, Agony, Distress & Want! 