Rails to the Atlantic

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Ron Brown. Rails to the Atlantic

Rails to the Atlantic

Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction

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Bibliography

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With a work that covers such an expanse of territory as this, I needed to consult many individuals and organizations that provided assistance both with key information and with field logistics. I would like to start by thanking Gillian Hall of the Toronto office of Tourisme Quebec. She and her staff provided important contacts and generous assistance in many respects.

In the field, help was provided by many people and organizations. In no particular order, these include: Genevieve Parent of the spectacular Fairmont Chateau Frontenac in Quebec City; Debbie Starr of the historic Lord Nelson Hotel and Suites in Halifax; Denise Bradbury of the Algonquin Resort, St. Andrews by-the-Sea in New Brunswick; Glenn Bowie of the Westin Nova Scotian Hotel in Halifax; Andrew Phillips and Paul Lalonde of the Nova Scotia Museum of Industry in Stellarton; Anne Chardon of Outaouais Tourisme; Elsie Carroll of the beautiful McAdam, New Brunswick, Railway Station; Paula Wamback of the Nova Scotia Tourism Agency; Simon Leguerre of the Société de développement du Témiscamingue; Matthieu Tremblay of the Réseau Charlevoix; Marie Michele Cloutier of Les Hôtels JARO in Quebec City; Paul Bergeron of Quebec City Tourisme; Marisa Iaconelli of Tourisme Montreal; Magalie Barton of Tourisme Quebec; Louis-Antoine Paquin of CN Rail; Jennifer Burnell of Parks Canada; Alison Aiton of New Brunswick Tourism; Nathalie Beauchamp of the Fairmont Chateau Montebello; Pierre Bessette of Tourisme Quebec; Allan Bailey and Claude Chartrand of La Société d’Histoire de Senneterre; and Susan Goertzer, tour manager of Minister’s Island.

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In extending its line across western Quebec and into eastern Ontario, the CNoR found that it needed to cross the Ottawa River in three places. The first bridge, crossing at Hawkesbury, Ontario, no longer exists. Further west of Ottawa the line crossed the river from the Ontario side at Fitzroy Harbour into the Pontiac region of Quebec. This roughly five-hundred- metre long bridge is made up primarily of two through Pratt truss spans. The next crossing to the west was the five-hundred-metre bridge from Portage du Fort to the Ontario side. Completed in 1915, it consisted of ten deck spans and two truss spans. In 2013 the CNR announced its intention to abandon the bridges and the entire line. To view either bridge, it is necessary to walk the right of way, or venture along the river by boat.

The Bridges of New Brunswick

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