Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision (MP 71.8-75.4) south of Beardmore, ON. Features the grade as it parallels the Blackwater River just east of Warneford Station with culverts and rock cuts. Also features a 1946 diversion of the grade which saw a 0.3 mile section of line shifted from the north bank of the river to the south bank and two trestles removed.
Many thanks to Jeffrey Smith who provided the information to locate this forgotten section of grade.
Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision (MP 71.8-75.4) south of Beardmore, ON. Features the grade as it parallels the Blackwater River with rock cuts, cuttings, the Mount Regis stop and the remains of a massive 1999 forest fire.
Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision (MP 71.8-75.4) south of Beardmore, ON. Features the grade as it parallels the Blackwater River with rock cuts, a milepost marker, a concrete culvert and the remains of a massive 1999 forest fire.
Extra Credit is video series that examines topics related to history in the Thunder Bay District and exploring that history.
The Global Positioning System has revolutionized many areas, including history and hiking. My experience with GPS dates back over 20 years and first started as a school curriculum requirement. Join me as I talk about my GPS receiver and head outdoors along the former Kinghorn rail line for the first ever field segment of Extra Credit.
*The current comparable Garmin model is the eTrex 32x.
Canadian Northern Railway (CNoR) locomotive #108 idles at unknown location, possibly Port Arthur or Fort William, Ontario (now Thunder Bay) circa 1918. The man on the right is likely well-known conductor Johnny Hume. A 2-6-0 Mogul (Class D-1-a), she was built in April 1889 by the Canadian Locomotive Company for the Northern Pacific and Manitoba Railway. After being acquired by CNoR, she and her sister engine #107 worked mainly on the former Port Arthur, Duluth and Western Railway, which was known at the time as the Duluth Extension/North Lake Subdivision. After nationalization, they became the Canadian National Railways 470 and 471 respectively and continued on the North Lake line until they were scrapped in 1927.
Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision (MP 71.8-75.4) south of Beardmore, ON. Features the grade as it parallels Highway 11 and the Blackwater River with rock cuts, a telegraph pole, a milepost marker and a concrete culvert.
Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision (MP 69.1-71.8) south of Beardmore, ON. Features the grade as it skirts and crosses the Blackwater River on a 195-foot bridge. Further south, it passes through rock cuts, over the Warneford Creek and then alongside Highway 11.
Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision (MP 69.1-71.8) south of Beardmore, ON. Features the grade as it skirts and crosses the Blackwater River with rock cuts, telegraph poles and a 100-foot bridge.
Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision (MP 69.1-71.8) at Beardmore, ON. Features the grade as it cuts through the town and crosses Highway 11/Trans Canada Highway. Includes the remains of the siding, culverts, views of the Blackwater River and the famous Beardmore snowman.
Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision (MP 69.1-71.8) at Beardmore, ON. Features the grade as it cuts through the town with culverts and crossings and remains of the siding, water tank, permanent slow order signs and station grounds. There is also information on the origins of the name of Beardmore.
Poverty, Agony, Distress & Want! 