Extra Credit is video series that examines topics related to history in the Thunder Bay District and exploring that history.
The Grand Trunk Pacific refers to a former rail line in northwestern Ontario that ran from the then City of Fort William (now Thunder Bay) to a place called Superior Junction (also called Lake Superior Junction), just east of the community of Sioux Lookout. It was constructed between 1905 and 1908 and was intended to provide access to Lake Superior (hence the name Superior Junction) for the Grand Trunk Pacific/National Transcontinental Railway system. It became part of the Canadian Government Railways in 1915, and later Canadian National Railways in late 1918. After many transformations and names changes, it emerged as the Canadian National Railways Graham Subdivision in 1931. The line was abandoned in 1994 and this video documents my interest in its history and my attempts to document what remains of the line.
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Poverty, Agony, Distress & Want! 