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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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!
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.


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.
Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision (MP 152.7-156.7) near Pearl, ON. Features the grade north of Ancliff Station with cuttings, embankments, telegraph poles and wildlife.
Part 3 of 4.
Active, 1914-2005.
Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision (MP 152.7-156.7) near Pearl, ON. Features the grade north of Ancliff Station with cuttings, embankments and washouts.
Part 2 of 4.
Active, 1914-2005.