General

Station Name: Collingwood
Subdivision: Alliston Meaford
Mileage: 40.021 31.38
Station Symbols: RW RWZ
Train Order: DN DN
Office Signals: ... CW
Sidings: Yard 38
Other Tracks: Yard 135
Yard Limits: 9624 feet South of Junction Switch. 4142 feet South of station.
5817 feet North of station.
Location: (Simcoe County, Nottawasaga Township)

Footnotes

None.

Chronology

Date Event
1855-06-02 OS&HUR reaches Collingwood[Cooper-2001, p. 392].
1860-09-10 NRC operates special train for His Royal Majesty, Albert, Prince of Wales[Walker-1953, p. 8].
1873c NRC builds second station[Cooper-2001, p. 285].
1879-01-01 H&NWR opens to Collingwood[Stevens, p. 418].
1879-01-16 H&NWR operates official inspection train to Collingwood[Cooper-2001, p. 393].
1879-06-10 H&NWR and NRC operate jointly as the N&NWR[Cooper-2001, pp. 21 & 393].
1905-06-19 Fire consumes the Northern Navigation Company's steamer City of Collingwood and the GTR freight sheds[The Globe (Toronto), Tuesday, June 20, 1905, p. 1].
1932-03-12 NRC station damaged by fire; extended platform canopies and tower lost[Cooper-2001, p. 285].
1997c NRC station demolished[Cooper-2001, p. 285].
1998-09-19 Replica station opens as Collingwood Museum and Welcome Centre[Cooper-2001, p. 285].

Photographs

Date Image Notes
n.d. Image Not Available
NAC / B-012438		 OS&HUR station.
n.d. Image Not Available
Andrew Merrilees Collection / NAC / B-013568		 GTR station built 1874, burned March 12, 1932.
1856 Image Not Available
Andrew Merrilees Collection / NAC / PA-138974		 OS&HUR station, showing Ryley House and Malakoff Hotel.
1856
Andrew Merrilees Collection / NAC / PA-138976		 OS&HUR depot, showing roundhouse on left and freight office on right.
1910/20
Ross Gray Collection		 GTR station.
1910c Click to Enlarge
JPS Collection		 Postcard view of station in the late GTR era. Published by Stedman Bros., Brantford, Canada. Made in Germany. Postally unused.
1923-10-08
Andrew Merrilees Collection / NAC / B-012214		 Employees in front of CNR/GTR station.
After 1923 Click to Enlarge
JPS Collection		 Postcard view of station in the early CNR era.
After 1923 Click to Enlarge
JPS Collection		 Postcard view of station in the early CNR era. Published by The B.C. Printing & Litho Ltd., Vancouver, BC. Postally unused.
1923/1932
Collingwood Museum		 CNR station.
Before 1932
NAC / PA-138976		 CNR station.
1951
CNR photo X-34497		 Collingwood Terminal Elevators.
1952
CTSM / CN Photo Collection / Image CN004818		 Ornamental gardens at station.
1953-06-20
CNR photo X-34497		 Collingwood Shipyards
1978
Charles Cooper photo / SCM		 CNR station.
1998
Charles Cooper photo / SCM		 Station.

Drawings

Date Reference Railway Subject Description
1870 NAC/NMC96577 NRC Station. Plan. Front elevation.
1870 NAC/NMC96578 NRC Station. End elevation. Sections.
1870 NAC/NMC96579 NRC Station. Plan. Front elevation.
1870 NAC/NMC96580 Variant of NMC96577
1870 NAC/NMC96581 Variant of NMC96578
1870 NAC/NMC96582 Variant of NMC96577
1870 NAC/NMC96583 Variant of NMC96578
1884 NAC / Col. RG30M Acc. 81293/55 Item 205 NRC Track plan.
1894 NAC / Col. RG30M Acc. 81293/55 Item 206 GTR Track plan. Collingwood Meat Co. and R. Emerson sidings.
1894 NAC / Col. RG30M Acc. 81293/55 Item 208 GTR Track plan. Georgian Bay Lumber Co. sidings.
1895-03-16 NAC / Col. RG30M Acc. 90137 Item 18 GTR Track plan. 1"=50'
1895-04-08 NAC / Col. RG30M Acc. 934002 Item 13 GTR Track plan. 1in.=50ft.
1930-09-01 NAC/NMC96584 CNR Station. Proposed intermediate walls under floor.
1932 NAC/NMC96585 CNR Proposed alterations to station. Millwork details.
1932 NAC/NMC96586 CNR Proposed alterations to station. Ticket wicket grille.
1932 NAC/NMC96587 CNR Proposed alterations to station. Window trim.
1932 NAC/NMC96588 CNR Proposed alterations to station. Bent plate truss details.
1932 NAC/NMC96589 CNR Proposed alterations to station. Sash detail.
1932 NAC/NMC96590 CNR Proposed alterations to station. Millwork details.
1932 NAC/NMC96591 CNR Proposed alterations to station. Heading and lighting plans.
1932 NAC/NMC96592 CNR Proposed alterations to station. Truss detail.
1932 NAC/NMC96593 CNR Proposed alterations to station. Street, end and track elevations. Section.
1932 NAC/NMC96594 CNR Proposed alterations to station. Plans. End Elevation. Sections. Truss post details.
1932 NAC/NMC96595 CNR Proposed alterations to station. Front and end elevations. Section. (Cancelled)
1932 NAC/NMC96596 CNR Proposed alterations to station. Street and end elevations. Section.
1932 NAC/NMC96597 CNR Proposed alterations to station. Plan. Foundation Plan. End elevation. Section. (Cancelled)
1932 NAC/NMC96598 CNR Proposed alterations to station. End elevation. Plan. Foundation plan. Section.
1932 NAC/NMC96599 CNR Proposed alterations to station. Door details.
1932 NAC/NMC96600 CNR Proposed alterations to station. Agent office grille detail.
1932 NAC/NMC96601 CNR Proposed alterations to station. Counter, lavatory partition, etc. details.
1932 NAC/NMC96602 CNR Proposed alterations to station. Dutch door and cash drawer details.
1932 NAC/NMC96603 CNR Proposed alterations to station. Agent office screen detail.
1932 NAC / 96604 CNR Proposed alterations to station. Agents office screen detail.
1932 NAC / 96610 CNR Existing station. Enamelled name plate detail.
1932 NAC / 96611 CNR Existing station. Enamelled name plate detail.
1932 NAC / 96612 CNR Existing station. Enamelled name plate detail.
1932 NAC/NMC96613 CNR Existing station. Enamelled name plate detail.
1932 NAC/NMC96614 CNR Existing station. Enamelled name plate detail.
1932 NAC / 96618 CNR Existing station. Window details.
1932 NAC / 96620 CNR Proposed alterations to station. Plan, section and elevations of waiting room doors.
1932 NAC / 96622 CNR Existing station. Truss section.
1953 NAC / 96623 CNR Proposed addition to station for express facilities. Plans. Location plan. Elevations. Details.
1955-05 CNR Track plan.

End Notes

  1. Collingwood is 0.59 North of Lake Junction with respect to the Alliston Subdivision.