Game on Tiberius!

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c5...4/DSCF0531.jpg

One of my favourite bridges.

I love the detailing of the steel.

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c5...4/DSCF0535.jpg

Another view of the same bridge.

I'll be impressed if you get it without clues....

it looks awfully familiar. Fairly flat terrain, and looks like limestone at the riverbanks...

the rails are shiny, so the bridge isn't abandoned...

** steps back to ponder.

Kind of looks like the St. Lawrence, near Valleyfield, QC

Track is not abandoned, no, nor is it main line anymore.

Getting warmer, close, but wrong river....

Ottawa river, near the st lawrence??

Give us a hint, JTK!!

ditto... I need my fix!

Right River.

Not near the St. Lawrence though.

Ok, the track is owned by the Ottawa Central Railway.

That makes it easy.

Smith Falls, ON

The bridge west of Chats Falls, ON

The only other place I can find is "Portage du fort"

Portage du fort is close.

Portage Du fort is mile 60.10 of the Beachburg Subdivision.

This bridge is Mile 37.80 of the Beachburg, so closer to Ottawa since railway mileages always increase from East to West.

This bridge is located just outside Fitzroy Harbour.

It is crossing the Ottawa River, so you were all very close.

The line runs from Ottawa to Pembroke Ontario. It was originally built by the "Canadian Northern Ontario Railway", which was somehow related to the "Canadian Northern Railway". Eventually, when the government formed CNR out of several failed railways (Grand Trunk, Canadian Northern, Intercolonial to name a few). So, the track shown used to be owned by CNR, and ran from Ottawa to North Bay. It was used to ferry freight traffic from Montreal to North Bay where it could hook up with CN's main line track and go all the way to Vancouver.

It effectively bypassed Toronto and saved about 1 day for the freight train.

When CN was privatized in 96, they did a lot of rationalizing.

Essentially you had two tracks doing the same thing. The beachburg sub was the northern route, and although it was quicker, it didn't have a lot of stops along the way to pick up freight.

The Kingston sub which is CN's southern track runs from Montreal to Toronto basically paralleling Lake Ontario. When the track gets to Pickering, it branches northward across the 401 (where that big Truss bridge that is squared off on the ends is) then goes north to MacMillan Yard located at Keele Street and Highway No. 7. From there, it goes north along the Bala sub to Capreole outside of sudbury I believe. Or for that matter just about anywhere in Toronto along CN's lines since MacMillan yard is a hub.

Anyway, CN had two tracks doing the same thing essentially, so they closed the Beachburg sub from Pembroke that ran westward through Algonquin Park to North Bay. (The track bed is still in the northern part of Algonquin, but the track has been pulled up.)

Then the line from Ottawa to Pembroke was sold to the Ottawa Central Railway.

The bridge in the photo was built in 1914 by the Canadian Foundry Corporation I believe and is about 1/4 of a mile long. She's a beauty.

Thanks for the info, JTK. This is an aspect of this thread that I really enjoy. :thumbsup:

no doubt.........great little read there.......thanks kirk........



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oh yeah.........so.......who's up?

i have a feeling that Skier is up next... based on JTK's response...

edit: this is taking too long, just to get the ball rolling, perhaps this pic can fill in the interim until Skier can post something...

so here it is:
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d1...0/fb8e28f9.jpg

It's been over 12 hours since Leto posted, so I'll take it.

That's the south side of Front St. looking westward towards Church St. It's the building that used to house Mountain Equipment Co-op store.

Here's a Toronto Two-fer. The first was taken last week. The second is a view of the building from about the same spot, as it stood in 1838.

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...s/134_3488.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...osts/20022.jpg

that's a gallows in the second picture eh?

Two gallows in fact. This is a clue.

You are at the corner of King and Toronto streets (I believe that is the courthouse but it could be mistaken - the Court House is on Adelaide though...).

I think the picture of the two hangings makes reference to the Rebellion of Upper Canada...


EDIT: I just consulted a map and you are likely standing in Court Square or Court Street.

Right. That's the back side of the Adelaide Courthouse. There's a neat covered walkway up from King St. to access it.

The sketch is a depiction of the double hanging of Samuel Lount and Peter Matthews, for their part in the 1837 MacKenzie Rebellion.

Game on...

That's the Gibralter Point Lighthouse on Toronto Island, first built in 1808.


Beware the Lost Stairway to Nowhere:

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...Picture032.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...Picture036.jpg

You are right about the Gibraltar Point Light House: It is also know for being haunted by its first lighthouse keeper, J.P. Radan Muller. Muller, legend tells, was murdered by a couple of soldiers from nearby Fort York, who came over to procure some of Muller's home brew. When he refused to sell any, they killed him.


As for the stairs, they look familiar. I am sure I've driven or walked past them before. I will take a guess: Strachan and the Gardiner area.

The stairs are in the East end.

Logan and Gerrard or Woodbine and the CN tracks.

That's it. They run from Logan up to the Train tracks just south of Gerrard, bur are fenced off at both the top the bottom.

I wonder if there was ever a stop on the line there?

Game on...

That's a couple blocks from my house... I knew it looked familiar. I do in fact, drive and walk by it on a regular basis.

I've often thought there should be a stop up there. I'd love to be able to catch the GO train there.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...1/7f415f5f.jpg

eheheh so yeah skier went skiing instead of posting. Don't mind me. :o :D

Go ahead, skier... if you want to post, I can post my last one the next time I get one right.

no, really don't worry about it. I'm not concerned at all and my guess was off anyway. Was just fun looking for the place.

Charlatan, is that the Ashbridge House (Sarah Ashbridge)?

Nope... Here is another shot of the place.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...1/2d011931.jpg

It is not in Toronto but it is on Ontario.

HINT #3: Golf, accomodations, high tea and weddings can all be had here...