Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision (MP 83-87.3) at Macdiarmid/Biinjitiwaabik Zaaging Anishinaabek, ON. Features the grade as it passes alongside the communities with rock cuts, signage, crossings, culverts and the approaches to the Macdiarmid Tunnel. There are also beautiful views of Pijitawabik Bay of Lake Nipigon.
Part 4 of 6.
Active, 1914-2005
Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision (MP 83-87.3) near Macdiarmid/Biinjitiwaabik Zaaging Anishinaabek, ON. Features the grade between Farlinger (MP 34.9) and Macdiarmid Stations (MP 36.6) with a milepost marker, rock cuts, including a massive 1000-foot long, 50+foot high cut and beautiful views of Pijitawabik Bay of Lake Nipigon.
Part 3 of 6.
Active, 1914-2005
A photograph of the community of Macdiarmid, ON as it appeared in 1934. The town site was established in 1911 as a construction camp for the Canadian Northern Ontario Railway which was completed in 1914 (not visible in the photo). By late 1917, a railway spur had been built at what was then known as Sand Point, which was later changed to Macdiarmid. The area was a hub for commercial fishing on nearby Lake Nipigon during World War I.
In the 1960s land was partitioned off on the north side of the community for the Indigenous people living there. Initially known as Rock Bay First Nation, today it is commonly referred to by its more traditional name, Biinjitiwabik Zaaging Anishinabek.
Toronto Star Photograph Archive
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