Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision (MP 129.5-132.1) at Red Rock, ON. Features the grade as it heads south alongside the Nipigon River and the Canadian Pacific mainline with long rock fill embankments, rock cuts, concrete ties used to prevent erosion (rip rap) and gorgeous views.
*What appears to be telegraph poles on the Canadian Pacific line are in actuality rock slide detection equipment.
Part 3 of 6.
Active, 1914-2005.
Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision (MP 129.5-132.1) at Red Rock, ON. Features the grade as it heads south alongside the Nipigon River and the Canadian Pacific mainline with long rock fill embankments and gorgeous views.
Part 2 of 6.
Active, 1914-2005.
Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision (MP 129.5-132.1) at Red Rock, ON. Features the grade as it heads south from Nipigon at the Stillwater Creek bridge alongside the Nipigon River and the Canadian Pacific mainline.
Part 1 of 6.
Active, 1914-2005.
Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision (MP 126.1-129.5) at Nipigon, ON. Features the grade as it heads south from Nipigon with old culverts, beaver dams, a bridge over the Stillwater Creek and some visitors on the Canadian Pacific line.
Part 6 of 6.
Active, 1914-2005.
Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision (MP 126.1-129.5) at Nipigon, ON. Features the grade as it heads south from Nipigon alongside the Nipigon River with cuttings, old crossings and beaver dams.
Part 5 of 6.
Active, 1914-2005.
Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision (MP 126.1-129.5) at Nipigon, ON. Features the grade and the former station grounds at Nipigon with the remains of telegraph poles, rails, signs, turning wye and an industrial spur.
Part 4 of 6.
Active, 1914-2005.
Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision (MP 126.1-129.5) at Nipigon, ON. Features the grade and the former station grounds at Nipigon with the remains of the water tank, turning wye, rail anchors and rails.
Part 3 of 6.
Active, 1914-2005.
Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision (MP 126.1-129.5) at Nipigon, ON. Features the grade as it traverses part of the Nipigon River on a feature known as “The Causeway.” To the south, the line crosses under an overpass to the start of the station at Nipigon where the remains of the coal tower are visible.
Part 2 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.
The Kinghorn is former rail line located in northwestern Ontario which ran from the community of Longlac to the City of Thunder Bay. Constructed between 1911 and 1914 by the Canadian Northern Railway, it became part of the Canadian National Railways network in 1918. After undergoing many transformations and names changes, its final form emerged in 1960 as the Canadian National Railway Kinghorn Subdivision. Service on the line was discontinued in 2005 and this video documents my interest in its history and my attempts to document what remains of the line.
Then, then and now featuring the railway causeway in Nipigon, Ontario. The first, which is undated, looks north along the causeway. It shows the one bridge that allowed water to flow into and out of the “lagoon.”
The second photo, a 1960s or earlier postcard, shows the causeway on the right side and the Nipigon River. Canadian Northern Railway, which built the line between 1911 and 1914, did extensive work in the area to avoid crossing the Canadian Pacific Railway (in the centre of the photo). They dug a new channel to reroute the flow of the river and built the rock fill causeway, creating the aforementioned lagoon. Also visible is the north end of the Nipigon Station yard, just below the river.
The third photo was taken in October 2020 looking north from the southern end of the causeway. The rails were removed along this line, which ended its career as the Canadian National Railway Kinghorn Subdivision, between 2008 and 2010.
Nipigon Historical Museum Photo Archives
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