Extra Credit is video series that examines topics related to history in the Thunder Bay District and exploring that history.
The second instalment in this sub-series on the Pigeon River Lumber Company takes us, ironically, to the Pigeon River. Once home to great stands of white and red pines, this area was where the company first started harvesting logs for its sawmill in what would become the city of Thunder Bay. The hiking trail takes us from the visitor information centre near the border crossing along the rim of the Pigeon River Valley to High Falls, where a dam and sluiceway or chute were constructed to allow the logs to bypass the 120 foot/37 metre high falls. Here we explore the remnants of the log chute and take in the beauty of river and the surrounding area.
Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision (MP 83-87.3) at Macdiarmid/Biinjitiwaabik Zaaging Anishinaabek, ON. Features the grade as it passes alongside the communities with rock cuts, signage, crossings, culverts and the approaches to the Macdiarmid Tunnel. There are also beautiful views of Pijitawabik Bay of Lake Nipigon.
Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision (MP 83-87.3) near Macdiarmid/Biinjitiwaabik Zaaging Anishinaabek, ON. Features the grade between Farlinger (MP 34.9) and Macdiarmid Stations (MP 36.6) with a milepost marker, rock cuts, including a massive 1000-foot long, 50+foot high cut and beautiful views of Pijitawabik Bay of Lake Nipigon.
Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision (MP 83-87.3) at Bingwi Neyaashi Anishinaabek, ON. Features the grade between Fairloch (MP 33.6) and Farlinger Stations (MP 34.9) with rock cuts, cuttings, milepost markers and the spur/station at Farlinger.
Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision (MP 83-87.3) at Bingwi Neyaashi Anishinaabek, ON. Features the grade at Fairloch Station (MP 33.6), with the remains of the siding, milepost marker and section house.
Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision (MP 75.4-79.3) south of Beardmore, ON. Features the grade as it passes through an ancient flood plain with cuttings, large embankments, milepost markers and signage plus the remnants of a massive 1999 forest fire.
Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision (MP 75.4-79.3) south of Beardmore, ON. Features the grade as it passes through an ancient flood plain with cuttings, milepost markers and an old concrete culvert plus the remnants of a massive 1999 forest fire.
Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision (MP 75.4-79.3) south of Beardmore, ON. Features the grade as it passes through an ancient flood plain with cuttings, milepost markers and old flag stops plus the remnants of a massive 1999 forest fire.
Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision (MP 75.4-79.3) south of Beardmore, ON. Features the grade as it parallels the Blackwater River with large embankments, cuttings, old spurs and flag stops plus the remnants of a massive 1999 forest fire.
Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision (MP 75.4-79.3) south of Beardmore, ON. Features the grade as it parallels the Blackwater River just west of Warneford Station with rock cuts, telegraph poles, signage and the remains of a 2500-foot spur through a ballast pit, including part of the rock crusher. Rock from this pit was used on numerous projects, including the 1982 re-ballasting of the line and the creation of the embankment seen in this video: https://youtu.be/_dlhjNiHnZk
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