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CNoR/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision MP 120.6-123.4 II

Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision (MP 170.3-173.1) at Pass Lake, ON. Features the grade west of Pass Lake Station as it skirts the ridges of the Sibley Peninsula and Highway 587 with numerous rock cuts.

Part 2 of 6.

Active, 1914-2005.

 
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Posted by on February 27, 2024 in Hiking, History, Railway, Video

 

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CNoR/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision MP 120.6-123.4 I (Pass Lake Station)

Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision (MP 170.3-173.1) at Pass Lake, ON. Features the grade at Pass Lake Station, including the former section house, the line as it skirts Pass Lake and the story of the construction of railway in the area.

Part 1 of 6.

Active, 1914-2005.

 
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Posted by on February 26, 2024 in Hiking, History, Railway, Video

 

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CNoR/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision MP 100.5-103 IV

Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision (MP 150.2-152.7) at Dorion, ON. Features the grade as it passes through cuttings and rock cuts, crosses Meyers Road on its way to Ancliff Station. *Due to calculation error with the subsequent episode, the ending mileage should be 103.6/153.3.

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Active, 1914-2005.

 
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Posted by on February 22, 2024 in Hiking, History, Railway, Video

 

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CNoR/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision MP 100.5-103 III

Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision (MP 150.2-152.7) at Dorion, ON. Features the grade with numerous telegraph poles, culverts and old rails. *Due to calculation error with the subsequent episode, the ending mileage should be 103.6/153.3.

Part 3 of 4.

Active, 1914-2005.

 
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Posted by on February 21, 2024 in Hiking, History, Railway, Video

 

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CNoR/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision MP 100.5-103 II

Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision (MP 150.2-152.7) at Dorion, ON. Features the grade south of Dorion Station as it passes through a heavily grown-in section with numerous telegraph poles, a level crossing and signage. *Due to calculation error with the subsequent episode, the ending mileage should be 103.6/153.3.

Part 2 of 4.

Active, 1914-2005.

 
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Posted by on February 20, 2024 in Hiking, History, Railway, Video

 

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CNoR/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision MP 100.5-103 I

Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision (MP 150.2-152.7) at Dorion, ON. Features the grade south of Dorion Station as it passes a series of embankments through a heavily grown-in section with numerous telegraph poles. *Due to calculation error with the subsequent episode, the ending mileage should be 103.6/153.3.

Part 1 of 4.

Active, 1914-2005.

 
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Posted by on February 19, 2024 in Hiking, History, Railway, Video

 

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CNoR/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision MP 81.2

Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision (MP 130.9) at Red Rock, ON. Features the grade as it heads south alongside the Nipigon River and the Canadian Pacific mainline with the scene of a tragic November 1911 accident. Working to infill the river outboard of the Canadian Pacific grade, labourers were blasting rock when two were stuck by a passing eastbound CPR train and killed.

Active, 1914-2005.

 
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Posted by on February 12, 2024 in Hiking, History, Railway, Video

 

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CNoR/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision MP 69.4-72.7 VI (Parmacheene Station)

Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision (MP 119.1-122.4) north of Nipigon, ON. Features the siding at Parmacheene Station with ties, the site of a large slide that forced the relocation of the grade and milepost markers.

Part 6 of 6.

Active, 1914-2005.

 
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Posted by on February 10, 2024 in Hiking, History, Railway, Video

 

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CNoR/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision MP 69.4-72.7 V (Parmacheene Station)

Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision (MP 119.1-122.4) north of Nipigon, ON. Features the grade north of and at Parmacheene Station with telegraph poles and the remains of the siding.

Part 5 of 6.

Active, 1914-2005.

 
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Posted by on February 9, 2024 in Hiking, History, Railway, Video

 

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CNoR/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision MP 69.4-72.7 IV

Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision (MP 119.1-122.4) north of Nipigon, ON. Features the grade south of the Nipigon River Bridge with milepost markers and the remains of a lengthy logging spur in use during the 1950s.

Part 4 of 6.

Active, 1914-2005.

 
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Posted by on February 8, 2024 in Hiking, History, Railway, Video

 

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