Canada Atlantic Railway
A Canada Atlantic Railway passenger train on a new embankment, headed by a 4-4-0 locomotive
Exporail fonds Cole P010-01-3862 (detail)
Research Archive · 1879—1905

Canada Atlantic
Railway

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Locomotives 94 Freight Cars 40 Passenger Cars 78 Non-Revenue Equipment 3 Locations 90 Structures 82 Subdivisions 7 Divisions 3 People 26 Companies 14 Vessels 2
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1896-12-11≤ · Killaloe
By 11 December 1896, along the line of the Parry Sound Railway, "an American syndicate has started a large milling establishment at Killaloe station".
The Monetary Times
1898≤ · Barrys Bay
By 1898 Barry's Bay, which "was for a short time a divisional point on the railway line", had lost that role: "since Madawaska has become the divisional point, the village is losing many of its inhabitants by removal".
Presbyterian Church in Canada General Assembly
1897-01-21 · Barrys Bay
Frank Burchat "stumbled across another derailment less than a mile away" from the 1909 accident at Carson Lake: "It had occurred January 21st, 1897, and killed three other OA & PS railroad employees."
Eganville Leader
2026-07-27 · Barrys Bay Water Tower
"Barry's Bay's iconic wooden water tower, the last of its kind in the province, will receive rehabilitation work this summer. Work commenced on Monday July 27 and is expected to wrap up in September." The tower "was purchased by the Town of Barry's Bay once it was no longer in use by CN in the 1970s, and underwent significant rehabilitation in the 1980s"; in 2023 the Township contracted a structural assessment finding that the timber support structure needed replacement, in 2024 it completed a cultural heritage assessment report, and last year it had engineered drawings completed.
Madawaska Valley

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