General

Station Name: Shanty Bay, a.k.a. Gowan
Subdivision: Newmarket
Mileage: 69.68
Station Symbols: ...
Train Order: P
Office Signals: ...
Sidings: 58 (mileage 69.72 to 70.31)
Other Tracks: 6
  • Team Track: N.6 (mileage 69.77 off Siding, 440')
Location: (Simcoe County, Medonte Township)

Footnotes

None.

Chronology

Date Event
1888 GTR builds a 17'×71' single chute "stock yard"[GTR.ND.1907, p. 157].
1898 GTR builds 18'-9"×49'-8" wood frame, shingle roof "section dwelling & waiting room" on sill foundation with 11'-4"×26'-6" "addition" and 1035 ft2 platform[GTR.ND.1907, p. 157].
1898 GTR builds 11'-4"×26'-6" wood frame, shingle roof "stable"[GTR.ND.1907, p. 157].
1904 GTR builds 14' addition to "section dwelling & waiting room"[GTR.ND.1907, p. 157].
Before 1925-09-27 Gowan becomes Shanty Bay[McEwen-1987, p. 333; CNR.CR.SWOD.AD.9, p. 4].
1963-06-22 CNR operates last mail train to Shanty Bay[McEwen-1987, p. 126].
1964-04-26 Appears in CNR PTT[CNR.A.195, Table 55].
1964-10-25 Does not appear in CNR PTT[CNR.A.196, Table 60].

Photographs

Date Image Notes
1920c North (track) and west elevations of station in late GTR or early CNR era.
1963c East elevation of station.

Drawings

Date Reference Railway Subject Description
n.d. NAC / Col. RG30M Acc. 945103, Box 5   Station yard. Plan.
1880c NAC/NMC 78602 NRC Passenger station/trackman's cottage. Plan. Track and side elevations. Section.
1880c NAC/NMC 98801 Variant of NAC/NMC 78602
n.d. [McEwen-1987, p. 340] n.a. Sketch of Village Community of Shanty Bay Shows railway station located on east side of Oro-Medonte Line 2 and south of track.
1947-03 [Wilson-2007, p. 138] CNR Track plan.

End Notes