Video of the former Grand Trunk Pacific Railway-Lake Superior Division, Canadian Government Railways-Fort William Subdivision, Canadian National Railways-Fort William/Lake Superior/Graham/Crest Subdivision at Kaministiquia, ON. Features the grade from Highway 102 west/northward to Silver Falls Road with several large rock cuts and the remains of Dona Station.
Part 1 of 3.
Active, 1908-1925.
Video of the former Grand Trunk Pacific Railway-Lake Superior Division, Canadian Government Railways-Fort William Subdivision, Canadian National Railways-Fort William/Lake Superior/Graham/Crest Subdivision at Kaministiqua, ON. Features the 105-foot long, all-concrete bridge over the Strawberry Creek completed in 1919 and abandoned 1925. One of the most unique rail structures in the area, it was built during the Canadian Government Railways period by the Carter-Halls-Aldinger Company of Winnipeg as part of a series of $89,299 upgrades to the line.
Part 8 of 8.
Active, 1908-1925.
Video of the former Grand Trunk Pacific Railway-Lake Superior Division, Canadian Government Railways-Fort William Subdivision, Canadian National Railways-Fort William/Lake Superior/Graham/Crest Subdivision at Kaministiqua, ON. Features the grade south of Highway 102 with large embankments, several rock cuts and the approaches to the Strawberry Creek Bridge.
Part 7 of 8.
Active, 1908-1925.
Video of the former Grand Trunk Pacific Railway-Lake Superior Division, Canadian Government Railways-Fort William Subdivision, Canadian National Railways-Fort William/Lake Superior/Graham/Crest Subdivision at Kaministiqua, ON. Features the grade south of Strawberry Creek as it passes through cuts, low, swampy areas and a series of long embankments.
Part 6 of 8.
Active, 1908-1925.
Video of the former Grand Trunk Pacific Railway-Lake Superior Division, Canadian Government Railways-Fort William Subdivision, Canadian National Railways-Fort William/Lake Superior/Graham/Crest Subdivision at Kaministiqua, ON. Features the grade south of Strawberry Creek with several cuttings, heavy vegetation and numerous washed out embankments, including one over 125 feet wide.
Part 5 of 8.
Active, 1908-1925.
Video of the former Grand Trunk Pacific Railway-Lake Superior Division, Canadian Government Railways-Fort William Subdivision, Canadian National Railways-Fort William/Lake Superior/Graham/Crest Subdivision (MP 25.9/26.7/25.5) at Kaministiqua, ON. Features the grade as it skirts the Kaministiquia River with cuttings, heavy vegetation and washed out embankments.
Part 4 of 8.
Active, 1908-1925.
Video of the former Grand Trunk Pacific Railway-Lake Superior Division, Canadian Government Railways-Fort William Subdivision, Canadian National Railways-Fort William/Lake Superior/Graham/Crest Subdivision at Kaministiqua, ON. Features the grade as it skirts the Kaministiquia River with cuttings, heavy vegetation and washed out embankments.
Part 3 of 8.
Active, 1908-1925.
Video of the former Grand Trunk Pacific Railway-Lake Superior Division, Canadian Government Railways-Fort William Subdivision, Canadian National Railways-Fort William/Lake Superior/Graham/Crest Subdivision at Kaministiqua, ON. Features the grade as it skirts alongside the Canadian Pacific Kansas City mainline and the Kaministiquia River with huge cuttings, heavy vegetation, slides and washed out embankments.
Part 2 of 8.
Active, 1908-1925.
Video of the former Grand Trunk Pacific Railway-Lake Superior Division, Canadian Government Railways-Fort William Subdivision, Canadian National Railways-Fort William/Lake Superior/Graham/Crest Subdivision at Kaministiqua, ON. Features the grade from a point approximately 2 miles west of Crest Station as it skirts alongside the Canadian Pacific Kansas City mainline and the Kaministiquia River with cuttings, heavy vegetation and washed out embankments.
Part 1 of 8.
Active, 1908-1925.
Extra Credit is video series that examines topics related to history in the Thunder Bay District and exploring that history.
This episode is the fourth instalment in our sub-series on the Grand Trunk Pacific Lake Superior Branch. This time we head northwest of Thunder Bay to Finmark to visit the well-known Flett Tunnel. The tunnel is one of the most popular railway sites in the area and the second longest tunnel in this part of the country behind the Macdiarmid Tunnel (https://youtu.be/6-Hk_SGGrVs). Constructed in 1906, it sadly claimed the lives of three workers as a result of a tragic blasting accident. Heading west from the tunnel, we continued a short distance further west to the site of a “stream tunnel,’ which was constructed circa 1918 and used to re-route the flow of a creek under the grade.
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