Video of the former Grand Trunk Pacific Railway-Lake Superior Division, Canadian Government Railways-Raith Subdivision, Canadian National Railways-Raith/Lake Superior/Graham/Raith/Graham Subdivision (MP 54.2-71.1) near Upsala, ON. Features the grade west of George Station with telegraph poles, wildlife and the remains of a flag stop and logging spur that was in use for 18 years.
Part 13 of 18.
Active, 1908-1994.
Video of the former Grand Trunk Pacific Railway-Lake Superior Division, Canadian Government Railways-Raith Subdivision, Canadian National Railways-Raith/Lake Superior/Graham/Raith/Graham Subdivision (MP 54.2-71.1) near Upsala, ON. Features the grade west of George Station with cuts, telegraph poles and the remains of an old logging spur.
Part 12 of 18.
Active, 1908-1994.
Video of the former Grand Trunk Pacific Railway-Lake Superior Division, Canadian Government Railways-Raith Subdivision, Canadian National Railways-Raith/Lake Superior/Graham/Raith/Graham Subdivision (MP 34.5-54.2) near Upsala, ON. Features the grade east of Larson Station with numerous standing telegraph poles, cuttings and the site of an old logging spur.
Part 14 of 17.
Active, 1908-1994.
Video of the former Grand Trunk Pacific Railway-Lake Superior Division, Canadian Government Railways-Raith Subdivision, Canadian National Railways-Raith/Lake Superior/Graham/Raith/Graham Subdivision (MP 34.5-54.2) near Upsala, ON. Features the grade west of Kelly Station with numerous standing telegraph poles, cuttings and the site of an old logging spur.
Part 12 of 17.
Active, 1908-1994.
Video of the former Grand Trunk Pacific Railway-Lake Superior Division, Canadian Government Railways-Raith Subdivision, Canadian National Railways-Raith/Lake Superior/Graham/Raith/Graham Subdivision (MP 34.5-54.2) west of Raith, ON. Features the grade with numerous standing telegraph poles, ditching meant to pull water away from the grade and the site of a former logging spur and flag stop.
Part 7 of 17.
Active, 1908-1994.
Video of the former Grand Trunk Pacific Railway-Lake Superior Division, Canadian Government Railways-Raith Subdivision, Canadian National Railways-Raith/Lake Superior/Graham/Raith/Graham Subdivision (MP 34.5-54.2) west of Raith, ON. Features the grade with numerous standing telegraph poles, the site of a former logging spur and flag stop which was used up to the 1970s and ditching meant to pull water away from the grade.
Part 6 of 17.
Active, 1908-1994.
Video of the former Grand Trunk Pacific Railway-Lake Superior Division, Canadian Government Railways-Raith Subdivision, Canadian National Railways-Raith/Lake Superior/Graham/Raith/Graham Subdivision (MP 34.5-54.2) west of Raith, ON. Features the grade west of Dog River Road as it passes through some low areas with a milepost marker, numerous standing telegraph poles and the remains of the Fort William Paper Company spur.
Part 2 of 17.
Active, 1908-1994.
Video of the former Grand Trunk Pacific Railway-Lake Superior Division, Canadian Government Railways-Raith Subdivision, Canadian National Railways-Raith/Lake Superior/Graham/Raith/Graham Subdivision (MP 25.1-30.2) west of Raith, ON. Features the grade as it passes Dog River Road and the former Hacquoil/Great Lakes Paper spur toward Raith Creek with telegraph poles.
Part 7 of 7.
Active, 1908-1994.
Extra Credit is video series that examines topics related to history in the Thunder Bay District and exploring that history.
The second instalment in this sub-series on the Pigeon River Lumber Company takes us, ironically, to the Pigeon River. Once home to great stands of white and red pines, this area was where the company first started harvesting logs for its sawmill in what would become the city of Thunder Bay. The hiking trail takes us from the visitor information centre near the border crossing along the rim of the Pigeon River Valley to High Falls, where a dam and sluiceway or chute were constructed to allow the logs to bypass the 120 foot/37 metre high falls. Here we explore the remnants of the log chute and take in the beauty of river and the surrounding area.
Enjoy!
The Gunflint and Lake Superior Railroad was a logging line operated by the Pigeon River Lumber Company from 1902 to 1909. It connected to the Canadian Northern Railway Duluth Extension/North Lake Subdivision (ex-Port Arthur, Duluth and Western Railway) at Milepost 79. It travelled six miles from the Ontario side of Gunflint Lake into Minnesota passing Crab and Whisker Lakes to near Topper Lake.
This video covers the northern end of the corduroy trestle and embankment as the grade then passes through a 330-foot rock cut on the ridges south of Gunflint Lake beside the Crab River and Bridal Falls. The gradient here is steep, over 10 percent, which necessitated the use of a Shay locomotive.
Active, 1902-1909.
