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Others sadly, lie overgrown and barely visible. Yet regardless of how one follows these early routes, one will find preserved stations, historic bridges, and railway era buildings, all of which recall this bygone era. Paperback , pages.
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All await the curious explorer. It closed in , and in the building was moved; first to the north-east corner of Victoria Street and Henry Street for use as an art gallery, and then in relocated across the street into Whitby Iroquois Park at the north-west corner of the intersection. Holidayers packed their trunks and headed north for an extended summer day at their favorite resorts. Villagers depended on trains to visit friends, attend weddings, to shop, and to go to school. We don't currently have any sources for this product.
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Explore Ontario's forgotten rail lines and experience the legacy and lore of this the vital railway era of Ontario's history. At its peak between and the s, Ontario was criss-crossed by more than 20, kilometres of rail trackage.
Today, only a fraction remains. Yet trains once hauled everything from strawberries to grain, cans of milk and even eels.
Villagers depended on trains to visit friends, attend weddings, to shop, and to go to school. They gathered on station platforms to await their mail or greet a long-lost relative.
Holidayers packed their trunks and headed north for an extended summer day at their favorite resorts. Today, these are but a distant memory as most of Ontario s once essential transportation links lie abandoned and largely forgotten.
But perhaps not entirely -- many rights of way have become rail trails, and now witness hikers, cyclists, equestrians, and snowmobilers. Others sadly, lie overgrown and barely visible. Yet regardless of how one follows these early routes, one will find preserved stations, historic bridges, and railway era buildings, all of which recall this bygone era. Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate? Let us know about it.