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CNoR/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision MP 69.4-72.7 III (Nipigon River Bridge)

Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision (MP 119.1-122.4) north of Nipigon, ON. Features 610-foot Nipigon River Bridge, originally constructed and completed circa 1913. It is the second longest structure on the line after the Blende River Viaduct (https://youtu.be/RW7mF35xBY0).

Part 3 of 6.

Active, 1914-2005.

 
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Posted by on February 7, 2024 in Hiking, History, Railway, Video

 

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

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 Cameron Falls Station with cuttings, culverts, a wheel flange greaser and the approaches to the Nipigon River bridge.

Part 2 of 6.

Active, 1914-2005.

 
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Posted by on February 6, 2024 in Hiking, History, Railway, Video

 

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

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 Cameron Falls Station with cuttings, a rock cut and views of the Nipigon River.

Part 1 of 6.

Active, 1914-2005.

 
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Posted by on February 5, 2024 in Hiking, History, Railway, Video

 

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CNoR/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision MP 41.1-45.3 VIII

Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision (MP 90.8-95) along Orient Bay, ON. Features the grade as it winds it way south from Cove Inlet to Shadow Creek Road recorded by drone. Orient Bay is the most scenic part of this former rail line and fall colours make the views spectacular.

Part 8 of 8.

Active, 1914-2005.

 
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Posted by on January 29, 2024 in Hiking, History, Railway, Video

 

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CNoR/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision MP 29.6-33.3 V (Fairloch Station)

Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision (MP 79.3-83) near Bingwi Neyaashi Anishinaabek, ON. Features the grade as it travels southwest through an old flood plain to Copper Thunderbird Road with telegraph poles and the beginning of the siding at Fairloch Station.

Part 5 of 5.

Active, 1914-2005

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

 

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Feature Friday January 26, 2024

Then and now photos featuring the southern end of Orient Bay of Lake Nipigon, one of the most scenic places in the area. The first photo, taken likely in the early 1950s, shows a westbound train headed by an unidentified locomotive passing McCollum’s Reflection Lake Resort (out of frame to the right). This area was home to a small logging spur in the late 1930s and early 1940s before the resort was established. Photo courtesy of CJ Firebrand.

The second photo, taken by drone in October 2023, shows the area today (I forgot to take one on the ground). This spot was located at Milepost 44 of the Canadian Northern Railway Nipigon Subdivision and later Canadian National Railways Dorion Subdivision. In 1960, it became Milepost 93.7 of the Canadian National Railway Kinghorn Subdivision. The line was decommissioned in 2005 and the rails were removed a few years later.

 
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Posted by on January 26, 2024 in History, Railway

 

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CNoR/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision MP 29.6-33.3 IV

Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision (MP 79.3-83) near Bingwi Neyaashi Anishinaabek, ON. Features the grade as it travels southwest through an old flood plain with milepost markers, telegraph poles and culverts.

Part 4 of 5.

Active, 1914-2005

 
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Posted by on January 25, 2024 in Hiking, History, Railway, Video

 

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CNoR/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision MP 29.6-33.3 III

Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision (MP 79.3-83) near Bingwi Neyaashi Anishinaabek, ON. Features the grade as it travels southwest through an old flood plain with culverts, milepost markers, rails and old logging spurs.

Part 3 of 5.

Active, 1914-2005

 
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Posted by on January 24, 2024 in Hiking, History, Railway, Video

 

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CNoR/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision MP 29.6-33.3 II

Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision (MP 79.3-83) near Bingwi Neyaashi Anishinaabek, ON. Features the grade as it travels southwest through an old flood plain with telegraph poles and old logging spurs.

Part 2 of 5.

Active, 1914-2005

 
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Posted by on January 23, 2024 in Hiking, History, Railway, Video

 

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CNoR/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision MP 29.6-33.3 I

Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision (MP 79.3-83) near Bingwi Neyaashi Anishinaabek, ON. Features the grade as it travels southwest through an old flood plain with level crossings and culverts.

Part 1 of 5.

Active, 1914-2005

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

 

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