General

Station Name: Hawkestone, a.k.a. Hodge's Landing1
Subdivision: Newmarket
Mileage: 77.91
Station Symbols: ...2
Train Order: DN3
Office Signals: HK
Sidings: 39 (mileage 77.86 to 78.30)4
Other Tracks: ...5
Location: Hawkestone
(Simcoe County, Medonte Township)

Footnotes

Derail is located 249 feet South of North switch.

No. 46 stop on flag at Hawkestone Mondays only.

Chronology

Date Event
1871 NER builds station6.
1873 NER builds 12'×30'×11' wood frame, shingle roof "oil house and closet" at mileage 77.8, to which a subsequent 7'×17'×7' addition was constructed[GTR.ND.1907, p. 158].
1873 NER builds 12'×14'×8' wood frame, shingle roof "section tool house" at mileage 78.4[GTR.ND.1907, p. 158].
1892 GTR builds 25'×30'-6×11'-5" wooden frame, shingle roof "agent's dwelling" on sill foundation at mileage 77.8, to which subsequent 14'×31'×8' and 12'×14'×8' (closet) additions are made[GTR.ND.1907, p. 158].
1900 GTR remodels 31'×40'×15' wood frame, shingle roof "station" on sill foundation, probably adding operator's bay window[GTR.ND.1907, p. 158].
1905 GTR constructs two (2) 24'×37', double chute stockyards[GTR.ND.1907, p. 158].
1934-06-21 CNR applies to remove agent[NAC Col. RG46 Vol. 1370].
1936-02-02 CNR renews application to remove agent[NAC Col. RG46 Vol. 1370].
1936-03-19 CNR authorized to remove agent subject to appointment of caretaker to see that the station building is kept clean and, when necessary, heated and lighted for the accommodation of passengers on the arrival and depature of trains, and to take care of L.C.L. freight and express shipments[BRC Order No. 52910].
1964-04-26 Appears in PTT[CNR.A.195, Table 55].
1964-06-16 CNR authorized to remove the caretaker and station building[BTC Order No. 114730].
1964-10-25 Absent from PTT[CNR.A.196, Table 60].
1967-10-29 Appears in ETT[CNR.GLR.NOA.46].
1968-04-28 Absent from ETT[CNR.GLR.NOA.47]7.
1969c CNR demolishes station8.
1996-09-21 Last VIA train — No. 1, the "Canadian" — operates through Hawkestone[William Logan].
1996-10-15 CNR lifts rails through Hawkestone[William Logan].

Photographs

Date Image Notes
1910c
Oro-Medonte History Association		 Looking east from (future) Oro Line 11 towards freight shed9, depot and water tower2.
1910c
Oro-Medonte History Association		 Station in GTR era.
1910c
Northern Ontario Railroad Museum		 East (time table north) elevation of GTR station.
1946-06-27 Image Not Available
NAPL A10082-042		 1:20,0000 scale aerial photograph of Hawkestone.
1958-07-16
Herbert H. Harwood Jr. photo, Ian Wilson collection		 Just fifteen days from its last run, N-2-b Consolidation 2476 leading the thrice-weekly northbound South Parry way freight approaches Hawkestone station; a Train Order Office until 1955.
1996-09-21
William Logan photo, JPS collection		 VIA No. 1, the Canadian, northbound crossing Oro Line 11, Hawkestone. Last passenger train before removal of tracks. From VIA National Folder No. 258 effective April 28, 1996, No. 1 was due in Barrie (Allandale) at 14:06 and in Orillia at 14:36.
1996-10-15
William Logan photo, JPS collection		 Pulling spikes east (time table north) of Oro Line 11.

Drawings

Date Reference Railway Subject Description
n.d. NAC / NMC 198807 TS&MJR Station grounds. 1"=100' plan showing two 1000' sidings on either side of the main track ending in 3-way (stub) switches. A 40'×75' combination station is shown 250' (time table) north and west of Oro Line 11
1898-10-10 NAC / NMC 198809 GTR Track plan. 1"=50' plan showing one 1000' siding on the (time table) west side of the main track. A 40'×110' "station house" and 24'×37' "cattle pen" are located 250' north of Oro Line 11 and west of siding with 160' platform between siding and main track. The ca. 1892 "Agent's Dwelling", ca. 1873 "Section Tool House" and ca. 1896 "Pumphouse" are also shown. The water tower is located east of the main track approximately 165' north of Oro Line 11.
1900c [McEwen-1987, p. 270] n.a. Sketch of Village of Hawkestone Shows depot located (time table) north of Oro Line 11 and east of main track.
1941-12-31 J.P. Smith CNR Operating Diagram The CNR Operating Diagram shows south siding length as 749'. The location of the bridge, pump house, water tank, tool shed and roads have been taken from the ca. 1948 CNR Property Plan.
1949-12-31 J.P. Smith CNR Operating Diagram It is not known if the pump house was still present at this time.
1947-08 [Wilson-2007, p. 140] CNR Track plan.
1953-12-31 J.P. Smith CNR Operating Diagram  
1958c J.P. Smith CNR Second depot. HO Scale

End Notes

  1. Community was referred to as Hodge's Landing but before the railway.
  2. A water station through 1931-09-27[CNR.CR.NOD.37, p. 3].
  3. Train Order history:
    Date Train Order
    1914-09-20/1925-09-27 D
    1929-09-29/1935-09-29 T
    1937-04-25/1938-01-09 ...
    1940-09-29/1950-09-24 P
    1951-04-29/1951-06-24 T
    1951-08-26/1951-09-30 N
    1952-09-28/1954-04-25 D
    1954-06-27/1955-04-24 DN
    1955-06-26/1967-10-29 P
  4. Sidings history:
    Date Sidings
    1925-09-27 32
    1929-09-29 26
    1935-09-29/1938-01-09 32
    1940-09-29/1942-09-27 32
    1943-09-05/1946-09-01 27
    1947-04-27/1958-04-27 39
    1959-10-25/1966-04-24 36
    1967-10-29 ...
  5. Other Tracks history:
    Date Other Tracks
    1929-09-29 14
    1935-09-29/1946-09-01 9
    1947-04-27/1965-04-25 ...
    1967-10-29 N.36
  6. McEwen states that the station was moved to the south side of the tracks when the siding was constructed[McEwen-1987, pp. 265-266]. It appears that the first station became the freight shed after the new station was constructed.
  7. McEwen states that the siding was removed in 1969[McEwen-1987, p. 266].
  8. This is at odds with McEwen[McEwen-1987, pp. 265-266] but conversations with cottagers indicate that the station was still there as late as 1969[William Logan].
  9. A "station house" appears on a ca. 1898 drawing but no freight shed appears in the 1907 GTR B&B inventory[GTR.ND.1907, p. 158]. It does, however appear as a restricted clearance in a ca. 1925 CNR ETT[CNR.CR.SWOD.AD.9, p. 11].