Chronology
Every dated history fact across the site, in date order. Precision varies — some dates are just a year — so ordering within a year is approximate. Showing locations.
| Date | Subject | Statement | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1857 | Killaloe | Settled by William McDonnell. Named Fort McDonnell | Kennedy p192 |
| 1878 | Edgington | John Edgington develops a settlement including home, store and post office at the narrows of Duck and Maple Lake. Made shoes for loggers; supplies from Rosseau. | 1894(?) |
| 1880 | Casselman | Railway was originally to pass south of Casselman, avoiding bog between Casselman and Moose Creek. Martin Casselman donated land for railway and station within the village, as well as paying $40,000 in extra construction costs. Ties were laid corduroy fashion to fill the bog. | Casselman |
| 1880-11 | Moose Creek | In November 1880 H. A. Pangborn, "master mechanic of the new Canada Atlantic Railway, then under construction", visited the Q.M.O.&O. shops in Montreal looking for somebody to look after construction at night and was recommended Phil Roy, aged 16. Roy "soon found himself at the Moose Creek gravel pits. All that winter and into the spring of 1881, he kept steam up at night on an engine and had it in condition for the next days work." In the winter of 1880-1881 "the bears were so bold that they ventured on to the construction rails, even in daytime." | Ottawa Citizen 1931-01-31(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1881 | Casselman | First train arrived. | Casselman |
| 1881-12-30 | Alexandria | The Witness remarked: "An effort is being made to make Alexandria the mechanical metropolis of the Canada Atlantic Railway, a free site for the workshops and freedom from taxation being the bounty offered ... In this case Ottawa is the other claimant. The decision come to will be interesting." | Ottawa Free Press 1881-12-30(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1882 | Maxville | H. P. Howell recalled a bad wreck "half way between Maxville and Alexandria" in 1882: a special that had left Ottawa about one o'clock bound for Montreal "continued on its way" instead of waiting at Maxville for a mixed train, and the two trains "met head-on and there was a terrific smash-up. The two engines piled up, several of the cars of the mixed train were hurled into a deep ditch, many passengers were injured and fireman Clarke of the mixed train was killed." Howell's coach was uncoupled and ran back to near Alexandria station. | Ottawa Citizen 1939-03-25(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1882-05-09 | Ottawa | A workman employed on the Canada Atlantic Railway met with a serious accident near the school house at Archville, missing his footing while attempting to leap onto a gravel train and falling on the track, the car passing over him and crushing him terribly. He was carried to Coyne's hotel and medical aid summoned. | Ottawa Citizen 1882-05-09(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1882-08-26 | Eastmans | At the Eastman's Springs station of the Canada Atlantic Railway, a man whose name could not be ascertained met with a fatal accident; Dr. Corbett, coroner, left at 4 o'clock the following morning to hold an inquest. | Ottawa Citizen 1882-08-26(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1882-09-09 | Elgin Street | The first train of cars carrying about 180 cords of firewood reached the city by the Canada Atlantic, eighteen cars loaded in the township of Cambridge, loaded from 8am and unloaded at Elgin Street by 3pm the same day -- about seven hours. Near Elgin Street, the company was laying sidings, erecting water tanks, laying down a turntable, and putting up other works; the framework of the engine house, to accommodate several engines, was under construction. | Ottawa Free Press 1882-09-08(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Citizen 1882-09-09(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1882-09-13 | Elgin Street | Work on the Canada Atlantic Railway Company's station grounds at Ottawa was going on rapidly: the roundhouse, to accommodate five locomotives, was nearing completion; work on the new depot was being pushed ahead; sidings, water tanks and a turntable were being laid; and the frame of the car shed was going up quickly. A large number of visitors on the grounds were pleasurably surprised at the progress made over the past two weeks. | Ottawa Citizen 1882-09-13(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1882-10-06 | Ottawa | Property owned by Mr. P.A. Eagleson, at the corner of Rideau and Sussex streets, was sold for railway purposes, the consideration being $25,000; the purchasers were said to be the Canada Atlantic Railway Company. | Ottawa Free Press 1882-10-06(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1882-10-07 | Elgin Street | The new depots of the Canada Atlantic Railway at Stewarton, on Elgin Street about ten minutes from City Hall, were under rapid construction. The passenger depot, by Messrs. MacLaren and Parkham (who built all stations on the line from Coteau to Ottawa), was 72 by 24 feet, with a 300-foot covered platform, a ticket office, a telegraph room with a bay window giving the operator sight of approaching trains, and would be finished in about four weeks. The freight shed, built by Mr. Black, was 112 by 26 feet with platforms at each end, to be steam heated, and finished in about two weeks. The car sheds, by Mr. White, were 250 by 39 feet, a balloon-framework structure on the east side of Elgin Street covering two lines of rail. The roundhouse, by Mr. Palen, was a wooden structure 107 by 72 feet with stalls for five engines (all wood burners) and a turntable, to be finished by the end of the following week. The company had experienced considerable difficulty locating the Chaudiere branch, running from this point to the flats for the benefit of city lumbermen: the Government objected to the most recently determined route, at Richmond Road, as it would create two close railway crossings (the St. Lawrence and Ottawa's and this one); the Dominion Government suggested running the line alongside the St. Lawrence and Ottawa branch to make one crossing, a scheme under study by the Chief Engineer, though it would require a heavy grade and rock cutting. Two trains were running each way between Stewarton and Coteau, with travel already far exceeding expectations for a road open only a few days. | Ottawa Citizen 1882-10-07(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1882-10-14 | Eastmans | The foundation of the new station at Eastman's Springs had been laid, with Messrs. MacLaren and Parkham sending carpenters from their Stewarton work to proceed there; both stations were expected finished shortly. Mr. R. Watts of Sparks Street was awarded the contract for painting the engine house and freight shed at the Stewarton depot. Running of trains between Montreal and Ottawa on the Canada Atlantic Railway would commence on 1 November. Mr. Switzer, formerly a constable at the St. L. & O. Railway depot in Lower Town, was now acting constable at the Canada Atlantic station at the foot of Elgin street. | Ottawa Free Press 1882-10-14(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Citizen 1882-10-14(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1882-10-26 | Ottawa | Mr. H.B. Wood of 39 Mosgrove Street had a narrow escape on the line of the Canada Atlantic Railway near Hurdman's Bridge: having fallen asleep in his buggy, his horse wandered onto the track, and though the engineer of an oncoming locomotive did all he could, the train could not be stopped in time and the buggy was hurled over the embankment into the river below. Wood, however, was pitched onto the engine's cross bar above the cowcatcher and carried safely to the railway station, still asleep. The horse was later found unharmed in a nearby field. | Ottawa Citizen 1882-10-26(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1882-10-27 | Elgin Street | The new Canada Atlantic Railway station under construction at Stewarton would be completed within a few days; Mr. Howman had the contract for plastering the building and, with the painters, was busy at work. | Ottawa Citizen 1882-10-27(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1882-11-10 | Elgin Street | The Canada Atlantic Railway took possession of their new general offices on Elgin Street, near the Stewarton depot. | Ottawa Citizen 1882-11-10(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1882-11-14 | Elgin Street | Construction trains were running nightly on the Canada Atlantic Railway, engaged in dumping earth into the new car shop site to form an embankment on which to lay tracks. | Ottawa Free Press 1882-11-14(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1882≤ | Elgin Street | After the Canada Atlantic Railway was built in 1882 the Stewarton public school on Bank Street "became impossible. The school was too near the tracks for the peace of mind of both parents and teachers"; children played hide-and-seek in culverts near the school and let trains pass over them. The board moved the school to Kent Street at the corner of Archibald. | Ottawa Citizen 1930-03-01(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1883-01-16 | Vars | A Canada Atlantic train did not arrive until near midnight, three cars having left the track near Bearbrook -- the rear truck of the tender was derailed. The cause was not definitely ascertained but was supposed to be a broken rail; no one was seriously injured. | Ottawa Citizen 1883-01-16(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Free Press 1883-01-16(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1883-05-16 | Elgin Street | A sad accident occurred near the Canada Atlantic Railway station: a couple of men sawing wood for the locomotives were at work when the back of the hand of one of them, Nathaniel Gammon, came into contact with the saw. | Ottawa Citizen 1883-05-16(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1883-06-02 | Elgin Street | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company was making extensive additions to its station buildings on Elgin Street: one hundred and fifty feet were being added to the main freight shed, and a building for the storage of eggs for transportation and an office for the customs officer were under construction. | Ottawa Citizen 1883-06-02(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1883-09-20 | Casselman | The Canada Atlantic Railway moved into the new station at Casselman. | Ottawa Free Press 1883-09-20(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1883-10-16 | Alexandria | The Canada Atlantic Railway purchased 40 acres of land adjoining their station at Alexandria from the Hon. D.A. Macdonald, for $3,000. Finding the old water tank inadequate for the number of engines taking water there, the company planned a new, larger tank fed from a stream about half a mile away. Some along the line initially supposed the company intended to erect workshops on the property, in retaliation for the Ottawa Council's dispute over the $100,000 bonus. | Ottawa Free Press 1883-10-16(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1883-10-29 | Elgin Street | A new freight shed was going up at the Canada Atlantic Railway station on Elgin Street. | Ottawa Citizen 1883-10-29(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1883-10-30 | Alexandria | The water tank at Alexandria, for which the Canada Atlantic Railway had purchased 40 acres, was being built with great rapidity, though the company would have difficulty finishing it before the frost set in. A substantial brick engine house nearby was nearly complete. | Ottawa Free Press 1883-10-30(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1883-11-22 | Alexandria | The Canada Atlantic Railway was building a new baggage house at Alexandria station, a much-needed improvement. | Ottawa Free Press 1883-11-22(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1884 | Ottawa | Canada Atlantic Depot listed in Ottawa City Directory at south end of Broad Street. | Jeanes20020315 |
| 1884-05-21 | Alexandria | The steam shovel which was at work on the Chaudiere track of the Canada Atlantic Railway has been taken to Alexandria. | Ottawa Free Press 1884-05-21(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1884-07-16 | Casselman | The little village of Casselmans, which but a short time ago was almost unknown to and had little in common with Ottawa, is now brought in close contact with it by the Canada Atlantic Railway. In one particular alone Casselmans has benefited considerably by the construction of this line: 2,500 cords of hardwood have been cut in that vicinity for use in the Ottawa market. | Ottawa Citizen 1884-07-16(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1884-07-26 | Chaudiere | The City Corporation in conjunction with the Canada Atlantic Railway Company, is doing good work in grading Broad Street in front of the railway stations. The work was decidedly needed. | Ottawa Citizen 1884-07-26(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1884-11-28 | Chaudiere | Improvements are being made at the Canada Atlantic depot, Chaudiere, to facilitate the shipment of lumber during the winter months. Two new plank walks have been constructed and rails laid, for the accommodation of five trains side by side. | Ottawa Free Press 1884-11-28(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1884-12-05 | Chaudiere | The Canada Atlantic Railway in order to accommodate their largely increased traffic in the shipment of lumber have laid extra tracks at their Chaudiere Depot. This will very much facilitate the movement of lumber during the winter months. | Ottawa Citizen 1884-12-05(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1884-12-09 | Elgin Street | Sir John Macdonald arrives at the Canada Atlantic station at noon today. No doubt there will be a large and enthusiastic number of people present to welcome him back from England. A band will be in attendance and an address will be presented by the Liberal-Conservative Association. | Ottawa Citizen 1884-12-09(The report continues that the train was 30 minutes...) |
| 1885 (?) | Casselman | Station destroyed by fire under mysterious circumstances. New station to be located on south side of river. | Casselman |
| 1885-06-05 | Vars | A station is to be built on the Canada Atlantic line at Bear Creek Crossing. This will give the booming little town more chance of development, of which it will not be slow to take advantage. | Ottawa Free Press 1885-06-05(Tagged 'Bearbrook' by Churcher. Transcribed by Col...) |
| 1885-07-14 | Casselman | Fire at Casselman lumber mill. Two GTR car loads of lumber were burned but sustained little damage. | Ottawa Citizen 1885-07-14(Churcher's index notes a follow-up appeared in the...) |
| 1885-09-03 | Elgin Street | The Canada Atlantic officials are busy at the station making preparations by clearing the station and otherwise to receive the immense Barnum and London special composed of nearly one hundred coaches. | Ottawa Free Press 1885-09-03(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1886 | Elgin Street | William H. Taylor, who began as a messenger boy on the Canada Atlantic in 1886, recalled that "at that time the C.A.R. train hands offices and sheds were just beyond Catherine street, west of what is now the Elgin street subway. The train despatchers office was on the northeast corner of Elgin and McLeod streets." He carried messages between the two places and occasionally to the general office on Sparks street. | Ottawa Citizen 1937-07-31(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1886-04-19 | Elgin Street | The cars wrecked on the recent smash-up on the C.A.R. are being repaired at the Company's shops on Elgin street. | Ottawa Journal 1886-04-19(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1886-09-29 | Alexandria | A number of navvies hired to work on the CPR short line railway, and had been paid to Alexandria, refused to leave the Canada Atlantic train at that station Monday night, and it was only after a delay of several minutes that they were forced off the train. | Ottawa Citizen 1886-09-29(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1886-11-17 | Vars | Mr. J.F. Wilson of Bearbrook was in town yesterday. Some one thousand dollars have been raised by the residents and property owners of that locality towards the erection of a railway station shed, and it is understood that the Canada Atlantic authorities have consented to make it a stopping place. | Ottawa Citizen 1886-11-17(Operator directed this Bearbrook item be filed on ...) |
| 1886-12-01 | Roxboro | A new station has been built by the Canada Atlantic Railway at Roxboro. The station is now in charge of Mr. A.B. Taylor of the C.A.R. freight sheds of this city. | Ottawa Journal 1886-12-01(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1887-03-04 | Elgin Street | Extension of the new piling grounds at Stewarton and the construction of a dock there. Railway connection, it is expected, will be established between this yard and the Canada Atlantic railway within the course of a few weeks. | Ottawa Free Press 1887-03-04(The yard belongs to Bronson and Weston, per the re...) |
| 1887-05-11 | Vars | An accident which might have been of a serious nature but in which, fortunately, no loss of life occurred, took place on the Canada Atlantic line yesterday about twenty miles from the city. The New York Express, due here at 10.30 a.m., was flagged to stop, a freight train consisting of forty-one cars being in front. This train had run into a hand car, the engine going off the line and being buried deep in the ditch. A general smash-up of the freight cars was the result, the engineer and fireman having a miraculous escape and being uninjured although much shaken. The passengers on the express were delayed nearly four hours awaiting a train from the city. | Ottawa Citizen 1887-05-11(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway I...) |
| 1887-05-20 | Aubrey | Train order: Do not exceed 4 mph from Johnsons to water tank and run very cautiously from tank to Aubrey. Do not exceed 3mph over English River or Chateaugay bridges. | MerrileesMG31 Volume 1, File 7 |
| 1887-05-20 | Johnsons / Barrington | Train order: Do not exceed 4 mph from Johnsons to water tank and run very cautiously from tank to Aubrey. Do not exceed 3mph over English River or Chateaugay bridges. | MerrileesMG31 Volume 1, File 7 |
| 1887-06-20 | Ottawa | The C.A.R. are putting down a new siding from the main line at Bronson's lumber yards. | Ottawa Free Press 1887-06-20(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway I...) |
| 1887-06-20 | Coteau Junction | The new brick station house at Coteau will be completed by Monday next. | Ottawa Free Press 1887-06-20(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway I...) |
| 1887-07-27 | Ottawa | A cow was struck by a yard locomotive of the Canada Atlantic railway last evening. The animal met its death at the rock cut west of Bank street. | Ottawa Free Press 1887-07-27(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway I...) |
| 1887-09-06 | Elgin Street | The Canada Atlantic Railroad company are having a large number of their box freight cars repainted and lettered anew. The work is being done in the car sheds, at the Elgin street depot. | Ottawa Journal 1887-09-06(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway I...) |
| 1887-09-27 | Eastmans | NARROW ESCAPE. Part of a Canada Atlantic train derailed and burned. Bush fires had injured the track near Eastman's Springs; the 4:50 p.m. express to Montreal, composed of an engine and tender, baggage car, smoker and mail car, second class car, a first class car and a Pullman, was derailed when the fire-loosened rails spread under it. The cars left the track and settled on their sides but did not overturn completely; dense smoke and nearby bush fire flames prevailed. The engine, tender and baggage car cleared the break, but the Pullman, first class, second class, mail and smoking cars, lying beside the track, caught fire within minutes and were completely burned. The roughly one hundred passengers escaped via the caboose of a following freight train, which had been flagged to stop. A special train with three doctors and stretchers was sent from Ottawa. Mail clerk Wm. Browne saved twenty-seven mail bags, about twelve being burned with the car. No passengers were seriously injured, though all were shaken up; Sir Adolph Caron was among the passengers in the Pullman, and an old man named Berraux from Vaudreuil was slightly cut about the hand. The line was cleared and the torn-up track re-laid; the up train from Montreal, due the previous evening, remained at Alexandria overnight and proceeded up the next morning. | Ottawa Journal 1887-09-27(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway I...),Almonte Gazette 1887-09-30(Corroborating weekly report of the same derailment...) |
| 1887-10-01 | Ottawa | J.R. Booth is extending his piling ground in the vicinity of Rochesterville, and a siding is being put into it from the C.A. Ry. | Canada Lumberman 1887-10-01(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway I...) |
| 1887-11-03 | Elgin Street | An immense storage shed, 100 feet long by 13 deep, has been constructed at the Canada Atlantic railway station by the Samuel Rogers Oil company. It has a capacity of holding one thousand barrels. | Ottawa Free Press 1887-11-03(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway I...) |
| 1887-11-05 | Ottawa | The Canada Atlantic Railway company have completed the laying of a series of side lines through the extensive lumber yard of Messrs. Bronson & Weston at the Deep Cut and are now running the cars by locomotive between the rows of lumber piles in the yard. This work was done at considerable cost but is a great convenience. | Ottawa Journal 1887-11-05(Completion of the siding into Bronson & Weston's y...) |
| 1887-11-21 | Sainte Justine | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company are building a new station house and other necessary buildings between Glen Robertson and St. Polycarpe. The new station will be called Newton and will be completed in a few weeks. | Ottawa Journal 1887-11-21(Filed on Sainte Justine per the operator's identif...) |
| 1887-12-12 | Elgin Street | The Canada Atlantic have a number of men engaged at their car sheds, on Elgin street, making the winter improvements. | Ottawa Journal 1887-12-12(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway I...) |
| 1887-12-24 | Elgin Street | Making improvements to locomotive sheds in order to make room for two new locomotives. | Ottawa Journal. Thanks to Colin Churcher.f |
| 1888 | Ottawa | Canada Atlantic Depot no longer listed in Ottawa City Directory at south end of Broad Street, now only a freight shed. | Jeanes20020315 |
| 1888-02-06 | Saint Polycarpe | While the up train from Montreal, on the Canada Atlantic Railway, was passing St. Polycarpe last night, an unknown miscreant alongside the track hurled a stone, which shattered a pane of glass of the parlour car. The passengers got a bad scare. The railway authorities are investigating the matter. | Montreal Daily Witness 1888-02-06(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway I...) |
| 1888-02-20 | Greenfield | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company have a gang of men at work removing the lumber and freight cars ditched below Greenfield on Friday morning. The damaged cars will be brought to Ottawa and repaired in the car shops. | Ottawa Journal 1888-02-20(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway I...) |
| 1888-03-01 | Elgin Street | A man was found horribly mutilated on the line at the east end of the Canada Atlantic station about midnight, killed by the express which had come in at 8.30 p.m. but not discovered until midnight; he had apparently stepped off the platform onto the rails and been struck by the car of the attached engine used to take Chaudiere passengers to their destination. The body could not be identified that night. On March 2 he was identified as Francis Deslaurier, a farmer living about eight miles from Casselman; the coroner did not consider an inquest necessary, and his family took the remains home on the noon train. | Ottawa Citizen 1888-03-01(With a follow-up dated March 2 in the same transcr...) |
| 1888-03-06 | Elgin Street | It having been reported that the Canada Atlantic Railway were about to place gates on each side of their track at the foot of Elgin street and elsewhere, general manager E.J. Chamberlain told a Free Press reporter that it was not the intention of the company to place any gates on Elgin street, but when the road was running through to the Chaudiere they might place them at the crossing on Queen street; nothing definite had been decided. | Ottawa Free Press 1888-03-06(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway I...) |
| 1888-03-13 | Elgin Street | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company have some twenty men building sheds at their Elgin street depot for the accommodation of the new cars lately purchased by the company. | Ottawa Journal 1888-03-13(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway I...) |
| 1888-04-14 | Ottawa | The residents of Archville complain that every Sunday the sanctity of the day has been broken by the unnecessary and obtrusive whistling and puffing of a shunting engine in the C.A.R. yards south of the bridge, especially despicable while they are at church. | Ottawa Journal 1888-04-14(No location entity for Archville. Transcribed by C...) |
| 1888-04-23 | Elgin Street | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company are about to have conspicuous red lights placed on Elgin street where their line crossed that street as an additional preventative of accidents. | Ottawa Journal 1888-04-23(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway I...) |
| 1888-05-03 | Vars | The Canada Atlantic Railway have a gang of men engaged reballasting their tracks down about Bearbrook where a portion of the track was washed out by spring rains. | Ottawa Journal 1888-05-03(Filed on Vars per the operator's earlier ruling on...) |
| 1888-05-04 | South Indian | A painful and probably fatal accident occurred at McAuley's siding, two miles below South Indian: workmen belonging to Mr. McTavish's saw mill were placing cars for loading when Mr. A. Paquette, an esteemed resident of the place, attempting to cross the track, was crushed into a space of not more than six inches between two loaded cars. The cars bounded back from the concussion and Paquette fell unconscious. | Ottawa Journal 1888-05-04(Dateline 'South Indian, May 1'; no entity exists s...) |
| 1888-05-05 | Sainte Justine | New station on the C.A.R.: the St. Justine station, located between Glen Robertson and St. Polycarpe Junction on the Canada Atlantic Railway, is now completed and ready for business. Mr. A.L. Lepage (given as 'A.I. Page' in one report) has been appointed station agent. | Ottawa Citizen 1888-05-05(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway I...),Ottawa Journal 1888-05-05(Same appointment, naming the agent 'A.L. Lepage'. ...) |
| 1888-05-25 | Elgin Street | Departure of Lord Lansdowne: the station was decorated, speeches were given, and the train went direct to Quebec. | Ottawa Citizen 1888-05-25(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway I...) |
| 1888-06-02 | Casselman | Village incorporated; population 700. | Casselman |
| 1888-06-04 | Elgin Street | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company have a gang of men engaged building two new sidings in their freight yards for the accommodation of their increasing traffic. | Ottawa Journal 1888-06-04(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway I...) |
| 1888-07-06 | South Indian | The line of the Canada Atlantic Railway was blocked near South Indian owing to fire raging on each side and across the track, the rails having coiled up with the intensity of the heat; it was anticipated the men would relay the 100 yards or so of burnt line overnight in time for the first train. (It was about this time the previous year that this line was troubled by fire near Bearbrook and a serious accident narrowly averted.) The company lost no time repairing the damage: sixty sectionmen were put to work, and the afternoon Montreal express, which had stopped at Casselman overnight, was able to get through and reached Ottawa at 5 a.m. The passengers spoke highly of the company's attention. | Ottawa Citizen 1888-07-06(Includes a July 7 follow-up paragraph in the same ...) |
| 1888-07-14 | Elgin Street | The Canada Atlantic Railway intend erecting an addition to their station platform at the Elgin street depot as the present platform is too small. | Ottawa Journal 1888-07-14(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway I...) |
| 1888-08-03 | Moose Creek | Grand Trunk ballast trains of 65 cars each are at present engaged in drawing gravel daily from the Moose Creek pit, on the C.A.R., for the new double track laid from Coteau to Cornwall. | Ottawa Free Press 1888-08-03(The construction described is the Grand Trunk's ow...) |
| 1888-08-29 | Elgin Street | A new coal hoist on a large scale has been placed on the C.A.R. between the station and the bridge across the canal. New machinery has been put in by the company to effect repairs to the rolling stock when necessary. | Ottawa Free Press 1888-08-29(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway I...),Ottawa Citizen 1888-08-30(Same installation reported the next day: 'The C.A....) |
| 1888-09-11 | Elgin Street | The Canada Atlantic Railway company have concluded that their passenger terminus can be placed further up Elgin street with advantage. Engineer G.A. Mountain has completed plans for a new passenger station on the corner of Lewis and Elgin streets. Before the line was built, the company had purchased a block of land from the Stewart estate extending from the present station to the corner of Lewis street, intending to build there -- a quarter mile nearer the city centre -- but when the city refused to pay the $110,000 bonus the company claimed, it refused to enter the city and built its present station instead. Now that the city limits have been extended to take in the present station, the company plans to bring its passenger depot nearer the centre, with construction of the new station and approach lines from the Rideau canal bridge to begin the following spring. The company hopes to make the new depot a union depot, with the Vaudreuil and Ottawa road and the Gatineau Valley company arranged to run into it, and expects the C.P.R. to eventually follow suit. The old Elgin street depot would become a freight office; the Chaudiere would remain the road's proper terminus for the present. | Ottawa Journal 1888-09-11(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway I...) |
| 1888-09-13 | Elgin Street | The C.A. railway have built unloading pens for live hog shipments which arrive at their Elgin street depot for local dealers. Messrs. Slattery and Thompson received two car loads of prize porkers by this road from Essex Centre, Ont. | Ottawa Free Press 1888-09-13(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway I...) |
| 1888-10-24 | Elgin Street | The Canada Atlantic railway company have nearly completed their new coal sheds at the Elgin street depot. They will have a capacity of 22,000 tons of coal. | Ottawa Journal 1888-10-24(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway I...) |
| 1888-11-02 | Elgin Street | The yard room at the Canada Atlantic railway station has become so limited owing to the rush of business that two extra long sidings are now being put down. | Ottawa Free Press 1888-11-02(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway I...) |
| 1888-11-14 | Elgin Street | The C.A.R. have completed the erection of the new coal sheds at the Elgin street depot. As soon as the sidings leading to the sheds are completed they will be ready to receive winter supplies of coal. | Ottawa Journal 1888-11-14(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway I...) |
| 1888-11-16 | Elgin Street | The Canada Atlantic railway will begin to receive the winter supply of coal in their new sheds by the end of this week. The new sheds are almost complete, with the exception of the sidings, which will be in working operation shortly. | Ottawa Free Press 1888-11-16(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway I...) |
| 1888-11-23 | Elgin Street | The Canada Atlantic Railway Co. have received several large shipments of coal which they have stored in their new coal sheds. Heretofore all coal shipped to the city on the C.A.R. had to remain in the cars until removed by the dealer who owned it. | Ottawa Journal 1888-11-23(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway I...) |
| 1888-11-28 | Elgin Street | The C.A.R. are putting down new siding tracks for the accommodation of cars laden with coal at the Elgin street depot. | Ottawa Journal 1888-11-28(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway I...) |
| 1888-12-05 | Elgin Street | Shortly after six o'clock this morning one of the men at work on the engine shed at the C.A.R. found it to be on fire and an alarm was sounded from box 134 at the depot. The brigade made quick time, guided by the whistles of all the engines being blown at once, and the heavy streams poured into the flames soon subdued what promised to be a serious fire. The loss was about $250, covered by insurance. | Ottawa Free Press 1888-12-05(Compare the similar 1888-12-06 boiler-house/roundh...) |
| 1888-12-06 | Elgin Street | A fire broke out in the boiler house of the Canada Atlantic Railway a few minutes after six o'clock. The engineer in charge did a smart piece of work tying down the steam whistle, which by its continuous blowing woke the neighbourhood and brought many employees to the scene; the brigade was quickly in attendance and the flames soon extinguished. The damage is estimated at $200, but might have been $50,000, as very valuable machinery and new locomotives were in the building; the loss is covered by insurance. | Ottawa Citizen 1888-12-06(Compare the similar 1888-12-05 engine-shed fire re...) |
| 1888-12-12 | Elgin Street | The boiler house of the Canada Atlantic railway company which was destroyed by fire a short time ago is now built up again. | Ottawa Free Press 1888-12-12(Follows up the December fire(s) at the Elgin stree...) |
| 1888-12-20 | Elgin Street | Proposal to build a Union depot between Elgin and Bank. | Ottawa Free Press 1888-12-20(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway I...) |
| 1888-12-27 | Elgin Street | The Canada Atlantic's application for permission to close a number of Stewarton streets so that a shunting ground may be established there came before Judge Rose, sturdily opposed by a deputation representing the property owners; Marcus Smith said it was in the best interest of the railway company to locate their shunting grounds across the Rideau instead. On Friday December 28 the C.A.R. withdrew its application to close the Stewarton streets. | Ottawa Citizen 1888-12-27('Stewarton' identified by the operator as the Elgi...) |
| 1889-01-12≥ | Chaudiere | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company shipped last week from the Chaudiere 245 car loads of lumber to Montreal and New England points. These are large shipments for this time of year. | Ottawa Journal 1889-01-12(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1889-01-24 | Rideau Junction | The old George Hurdman farm, east of the Rideau river, along the line of the C.A.R., has been purchased by the Shepherd & Morse Lumber Company, who will forthwith use it as a piling ground; well seasoned lumber will be shipped direct to Boston, Burlington and other American cities. The above firm formerly had their yards in Hull. | Ottawa Free Press 1889-01-24(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...),Canada Lumberman 1889-03-01(Repeats the same purchase with more detail: a cont...) |
| 1889-04-30≥ | Rideau Junction | Hurdman's siding near the diamond crossing was completed last night and will be used by the Shepherd & Morse lumber company. | Ottawa Free Press 1889-04-30(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1889-05-27≤ | Vars | Vars: in consideration of the increasing business at the station, the Canada Atlantic Railway Company will put in a new siding connecting with the different mills. | Ottawa Journal 1889-05-27(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1889-06-22 | Vars | A 'flying gang' of the Canada Atlantic are now putting in new ties in this section. The want of a suitable station yard is much felt. | Ottawa Journal 1889-06-22(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1889-07-24 | Rideau Junction | A large gang of men are employed laying tracks in the Shepherd & Morse lumber yard on the Hurdman property in Gloucester. | Ottawa Free Press 1889-07-24(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1889-07-25 | Elgin Street | A new timetable advertisement, effective this day, shows two trains a day to Montreal and one to Rouses Point. All trains leave from Elgin Street, with no mention of Richmond Road. | Ottawa Journal 1889-07-25(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1889-07-29 | Elgin Street | The steamer Minnie Bell passed through the locks for Booth's lumber yard at the Canada Atlantic station, having in tow eighteen car loads of inch lumber. | Ottawa Free Press 1889-07-29(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1889-08-12 | Elgin Street | Messrs. O'Reilly and Heney, coal merchants, have had a large new coal shed built near the C.A.R. station. | Ottawa Citizen 1889-08-12(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1889-08-14≤ | Elgin Street | Special train tomorrow on C.A. railway for Clark Island leaves Richmond Road at 7.05 and Elgin street station at 7.15. | Ottawa Free Press 1889-08-14(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1889-08-22≥ | Ottawa | A serious accident occurred on the Canada Atlantic Railway near Concession street about 3.30 in the afternoon: a yard engine with fifteen cars was coming from the Chaudiere when the eleven-year-old son of conductor D. O'Leary attempted to jump on the car next the engine, was prevented by the yard master, but managed to catch the sixth car, missed his hold springing to the seventh, and fell under the wheel. Reports differ on the injury: the Ottawa Journal (Aug. 22) and the Almonte Gazette (Aug. 30) say 'both his legs' were cut off, while the Ottawa Citizen (Aug. 23) says he had 'one leg cut off at the thigh'. He died that evening at his father's home on Bell street. | Ottawa Journal 1889-08-22(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Citizen 1889-08-23(Headlined 'LEG AMPUTATED BY A TRAIN'; names the bo...),Ottawa Journal 1889-08-23(Confirms the boy died the evening of Aug. 22. Tran...),Almonte Gazette 1889-08-30(Names the boy as John O'Leary and his father as co...) |
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