- Victoria Railway
The Victoria Railway is a historic Canadian railway that operated in eastern
Ontario .Construction began in 1875 from
Lindsay, Ontario with authority to build toHaliburton, Ontario through Victoria County. The line is best known as having been built by a large group of Icelandic immigrants, who found the Kinmount winters too rough, and so they all moved toGimli, Manitoba . The line became part of theMidland Railway of Canada and then later part of theCanadian National Railways .Principal stations:
*Lindsay, Ontario
*Cameron, Ontario
*Fenelon Falls, Ontario
*Fell(s), Ontario
*Burnt River, Ontario
*Watsons, Ontario
*Kinmount, Ontario
*Howland Junction, Ontario
*Gelert, Ontario
*Lochlin, Ontario
*Donald, Ontario
*Haliburton, Ontario The line became part of Canadian National Railways in 1923 with its acquisition of the former Grand Trunk Railway of Canada. Mixed freight/passenger train service ran until September, 1960. CN applied for abandonment in 1978. The Canadian Transport Commission approved the line's abandonment in 1981, with the line being taken up in 1983. The line is now a public recreational trail for its entire length.
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