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.
Part 5 of 5.
Active, 1914-2005.
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.
Part 4 of 5.
Active, 1914-2005.
Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision (MP 57.5-60.4) west of Nezah, ON. Features the grade as it parallels the Blackwater River rock cuts, embankments, and culverts.
Part 3 of 4.
Active, 1914-2005.
Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision (MP 57.5-60.4) west of Nezah, ON. Features the grade as it parallels the Blackwater River with cuttings, embankments, milepost markers and telegraph poles.
Part 2 of 4.
Active, 1914-2005.
Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision (MP 52.7-57.5) west of Nezah, ON. Features the grade as it parallels the Blackwater River with milepost markers, cuttings, crossing and beautiful views of the river.
Part 6 of 6.
Active, 1914-2005.
Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision (MP 52.7-57.5) west of Nezah, ON. Features the grade as it parallels Nezah Lake and the Blackwater River with telegraph poles and a very rare, well preserved wooden box culvert.
Part 5 of 6.
Active, 1914-2005.
Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision (MP 52.7-57.5) east of and at Nezah, ON. Features the grade as it parallels the Backwater River and Westman Lake with cuttings, telegraph poles and milepost markers. It then crosses the river on a 100-foot timber and pile trestle.
**The unusual appearance of the trestle was the result of a 1954 alteration to allow logs to be rafted down the Blackwater River.
Part 3 of 6.
Active, 1914-2005.
A 1980s or earlier view of the community of Beardmore, ON which was established in 1915. It was located at Milepost 20.6/70.3 on the Canadian Northern Railway Nipigon Subdivision and later Canadian National Railways Dorion/Kinghorn Subdivisions.
Originally called Hanning, it name was changed to Beardmore in honour of Walter William Beardmore. Beardmore was the son-in-law of Canadian Northern president William Mackenzie and hailed from a very affluent southern Ontario family.
Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision (MP 50.2-52.7) west of Jellicoe, ON. Features the grade as it skirts Blackwater Lake until it reaches the 115-foot trestle over a portion of the lake.
Part 3 of 4.
Active, 1914-2005.
Poverty, Agony, Distress & Want! 