` CNR Penetang

General

Station Name: Penetang, a.k.a. Penetanguishene
Subdivision: Penetang
Mileage: 33.60
Station Symbols: RW (1945c), RWZ (1954c)
Train Order: D
Office Signals: PN
Sidings: Yard
Other Tracks: Yard
Yard Limit Boards: 4,361 feet south of station.
Location: (Simcoe County, Tay Township)

Footnotes

TBD.

Chronology

Date Event
1878 NRC constructs station and freight shed[GTR.ND.1907, p. 175].
1878-12-01 NSR opens to Penetanguishene[Stevens-1960, p. 414]1.
1899 GTR remodels:
  • Sill foundation, shingle roof 20'×50'×16' station; and
  • Sill foundation, shingle roof, 20'×63'×16' freight shed.
[GTR.ND.1907, p. 175].
1900-02c GTR plants maple trees from Aurora station grounds[Aurora Banner, Friday January 19, 1900].
1902 GTR replanks 1250'×12' dock[GTR.ND.1907, p. 175].
1904 GTR remodels station and freight shed and constructs:
  • 24'×68' and 42'×62' double chute stock yard;
  • 14'×20'×8' engine wood house; and
  • 15'×140'×12' pavilion.
[GTR.ND.1907, p. 175].

Photographs

Date Image Notes
1890c
Andrew Merrilees Collection / NAC PA-146278		 Station
1890c
Andrew Merrilees Collection / NAC PA-146279		 Station
1900c
Charles Cooper Collection		 Station
1900c
Charles Cooper Collection		 Station
1900c
Charles Cooper Collection		 Station
1909c
JPS Collection		 Postcard view of station showing rear elevation. Postmarked September 5, 1909 at Penetanguishene.
1951
CNR Photo X34572		 Station.
1955-07-16
Canadian Historical Picture Collection / J. V. Salmon Collection / TRL / Acc. S 1-3096B		 Station.
n.d.
John Rehor Photo / Paterson-George Collection		 Station.

Drawings

Date Reference Railway Subject Description
1894-10-18 NAC / Col. RG30M Acc. 934002 Item 151 GTR Track plan. 1in.=50ft.
1894-10-18 NAC / Col. RG30M Acc. 934002 Item 150 Copy of NAC / Col. RG30M Acc. 934002 Item 151
1955-04 CNR Track plan.

End Notes

  1. Hopper gives a date of about December 31, 1878[Hopper-1962, p. 650].