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.
Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn Subdivision (MP 9-14.7) at Kenogamisis Lake, ON. Features the grade as it skirts first Octopus Creek then later Kenogamisis Lake with signage and spectacular views. The line then crosses the Kenogamisis River on a 125-foot through plate bridge, which replaced an earlier trestle.
Part 2 of 5.
Active, 1914-2005.
Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn Subdivision (MP 9-14.7) near Octopus Lake, ON. Features the grade from Kenogamisis Dam Road west alongside Octopus Creek, eventually crossing it on a small timber trestle.
Part 1 of 5.
Active, 1914-2005.
Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn Subdivision (MP 4.3-9.1) west of Longlac, ON. Features the grade as it skirts the shore of Octopus Lake to Kenogamisis Dam Road and includes the remains of the siding with ties and milepost markers. A flag stop at Milepost 8.9 serviced a nearby logging camp at the west end of Octopus Lake which was used to house German prisoners of war for a time during World War II.
Part 5 of 5.
Active, 1914-2005.
Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn Subdivision (MP 4.3-9.1) west of Longlac, ON. Features the grade as it parallels and crosses Octopus Creek to Octopus Lake and Octopus Station with culverts, rock cuts and milepost markers.
Part 4 of 5.
Active, 1914-2005.
Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn Subdivision (MP 4.3-9.1) west of Longlac, ON. Features the grade as it passes from Potato Lake to Heald Lake through some grown-in areas and then crossing the latter on a long, 1000-foot embankment.
Part 3 of 5.
Active, 1914-2005.
Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn Subdivision (MP 4.3-9.1) west of Longlac, ON. Features the grade as it skirts Suckle and Potato Lakes with rock cuts, culverts and the remains of a small spur.
Part 2 of 5.
Active, 1914-2005.
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