Brockville, Westport and North-Western Railway
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The Brockville, Westport and North-Western Railway was founded in 1884 as the Brockville, Westport & Sault Ste Marie Railway. Construction began in 1886 heading north-west from Brockville, Ontario
to Westport, Ontario
. The line opened March 4, 1888 between Westport and Brockville. From Lyn Junction to Brockville, the railway used trackage rights on the Grand Trunk Railway
. In 1889, the line from Lyn Junction to Brockville opened. In 1894 the company was placed into receivership, and in 1903 it was sold by the court to a New York-based syndicate (Holm-Gerken-Schmitt-King) for $160,000 and re-incorporated as the Brockville, Westport and Northwestern Railway. The line was sold to William Mackenzie
and Donald Mann
from the Canadian Northern Railway
in 1910, and was eventually amalgamated into the Canadian National Railways in 1919.
In 1921, passenger service was maintained by a 20-passenger Reo
gasoline-powered railcar. The line was abandoned from Lyn Junction to Brockville in 1922, and from Lyn Junction to the Phillips Cables plant in 1925.
An application to abandon the line from Lyn Junction to Westport was filed with the Board of Transport Commissioners in June 1951 and was approved (order number #49236) in 1952. Service ended on the line August 30, 1952 and was scrapped in late 1952 into the summer of 1953.
Brockville, Ontario
Brockville is a city in Eastern Ontario, Canada, in the Thousand Islands region. Though it serves as the seat of the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville, Brockville is politically independent and is grouped with Leeds and Grenville for census purposes only.Known as the "City of the 1000...
to Westport, Ontario
Westport, Ontario
Westport is a village in Eastern Ontario, Canada. It lies at the west end of Upper Rideau Lake, at the head of the navigable Rideau Canal system, between Kingston and Ottawa....
. The line opened March 4, 1888 between Westport and Brockville. From Lyn Junction to Brockville, the railway used trackage rights on the Grand Trunk Railway
Grand Trunk Railway
The Grand Trunk Railway was a railway system which operated in the Canadian provinces of Quebec and Ontario, as well as the American states of Connecticut, Maine, Michigan, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Vermont. The railway was operated from headquarters in Montreal, Quebec; however, corporate...
. In 1889, the line from Lyn Junction to Brockville opened. In 1894 the company was placed into receivership, and in 1903 it was sold by the court to a New York-based syndicate (Holm-Gerken-Schmitt-King) for $160,000 and re-incorporated as the Brockville, Westport and Northwestern Railway. The line was sold to William Mackenzie
William Mackenzie
William Mackenzie may refer to:* William Mackenzie , Scottish ophthalmologist* William Mackenzie , British civil engineering contractor...
and Donald Mann
Donald Mann
Sir Donald Mann was a Canadian railway contractor and entrepreneur.Born at Acton, Ontario, Mann studied as a Methodist minister but worked in lumber camps in Ontario and Michigan before moving to Winnipeg, Manitoba...
from the Canadian Northern Railway
Canadian Northern Railway
The Canadian Northern Railway is a historic Canadian transcontinental railway. At its demise in 1923, when it was merged into the Canadian National Railway , the CNoR owned a main line between Quebec City and Vancouver via Ottawa, Winnipeg, and Edmonton.-Manitoba beginnings:CNoR had its start in...
in 1910, and was eventually amalgamated into the Canadian National Railways in 1919.
In 1921, passenger service was maintained by a 20-passenger Reo
REO
REO may refer to:*Real Estate Owned*REO Motor Car Company**Ransom E. Olds, its founder**Reo Speed-Wagon, truck*REO Speedwagon rock band**REO Speedwagon their 1971 debut album**R.E.O./T.W.O. their second album**R.E.O...
gasoline-powered railcar. The line was abandoned from Lyn Junction to Brockville in 1922, and from Lyn Junction to the Phillips Cables plant in 1925.
An application to abandon the line from Lyn Junction to Westport was filed with the Board of Transport Commissioners in June 1951 and was approved (order number #49236) in 1952. Service ended on the line August 30, 1952 and was scrapped in late 1952 into the summer of 1953.