Madawaska

Date	Statement	Source
1894-11-24	O.,A. & P.S. Divisional Point Selected. Land is being surveyed at the Madawaska crossing for the divisional station and grounds of the O.,A. & P.S. railway. This place is exactly halfway between Ottawa and Parry Sound, located in the township of Murchison in Nipissing District, about twenty miles above Barry's Bay, on the property of Mr. J.R. Booth. A tract of land two miles long and one wide is being surveyed out and the remainder of the land that is not required for car shops etc. will be laid out into town lots.	Ottawa Journal 1894-11-24(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...),Mercury 1894-11-30(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...)
1895-01-11	A siding is being built at the Madawaska crossing for the benefit of the upper Bonnechere and Petawawa shanties.	Mercury 1895-01-11(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...)
1895-04-26	The Booth limits on both sides of the Madawaska, near the mouth of L'Amable Creek, were on fire last week. All the men on the various drives of logs were taken off the river to try to prevent its spread but despite their efforts it spread with great rapidity; the fire started from the OA & PS Ry. line where the right of way was being cleared out. The McLachlin limits to the north of Carson Lake were also on fire and their men were also fighting it. The heavy downfall of rain on Saturday night and Sunday came just in time to save the limits from disastrous fires.	Eganville Enterprise 1895-05-03(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...)
1896-07-23	The O.A. & P.S. company are preparing to remove the divisional point from Barry's Bay to the Madawaska crossing. A round house is being built, side tracks being laid down and preparations being made for the necessary buildings. Track laying will commence on the western end of the line on August 15th, 2,000 men are on the construction. (The Ottawa Journal of the same date says the company has 2,000 men at work at Madawaska Crossing 'preparatory for the removal of the divisional point from Barry's Bay to that station.') The two papers differ on where the 2,000 men are working: the Free Press has them on the construction, the Journal at Madawaska Crossing.	Ottawa Free Press 1896-07-23(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Journal 1896-07-23(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...)
1896-07-29	Seven hundred acres of land have been purchased by the Ottawa, Arnprior & Parry Sound Railway at Madawaska, which place the company have chosen as the divisional point of the line between Ottawa and Parry Sound. The land was purchased from the Ontario Government, and is to be largely utilized for workshops, round houses, offices, station buildings and sidings, and what is not used for this purpose will be divided into village lots. Madawaska is 133 miles distant from Ottawa, and exactly half way between Ottawa and Parry Sound. Dateline 'Ottawa, July 29'; printed 1896-07-30.	Montreal Gazette 1896-07-30(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...)
1896-07-31	It has been selected as the divisional station between the eastern and western sections of the railway. ... Yesterday morning Mr. Tomlinson, contractor for the railway, left with a staff of men to commence the work of construction. ... It has excellent natural advantages for a divisional point, inasmuch as the district thereabout is a level plain, well adapted for branch lines and sidings. On this account the place was selected in preference to Barry's Bay or Whitney. The Ottawa Journal of 1896-07-29 reports that Mr. Tomlinson 'left the city yesterday' to begin the divisional station.	Almonte Gazette 1896-07-31(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Journal 1896-07-29(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...)
1896-10-14	Barry's Bay will not be the divisional point of the O.A. & P.S. Ry. after 15th November. Madawaska will then be made the terminus of the first division it being exactly half way between Ottawa and Parry Sound.	Ottawa Journal 1896-10-14(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Almonte Gazette 1896-10-16(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...)
1896-11-02	The morning O.A. & P.S. train began running to Madawaska, the new divisional point on the line. The eight o'clock was the first train to go through to Madawaska.	Ottawa Journal 1896-11-02(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...)
1898-09-09	OAPS contemplating despatch office at Madawaska.	Fleming Renfrew Mercury
1898-12-02	The company is also erecting a large number of private dwelling houses at Madawaska for the accommodation of the employees there.	Ottawa Citizen 1898-12-02(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...)
1899-08-04	Renfrew, Aug 4. - The O.A. & P.S. car shops at Madawaska were burnt down yesterday. (Almonte Gazette, 11 August: 'The O.A. & P.S. car shops at Madawaska were burned on Thursday.') No entity for these car shops; filed on Madawaska.	Ottawa Journal 1899-08-04(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Almonte Gazette 1899-08-11(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...)
1901-12-27	Mr. Jas. Campbell of Eganville, a C.A.R. conductor, had his right leg run over by a train at Madawaska last week. The limb had to be amputated below the knee.	Almonte Gazette 1901-12-27(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...)
1904-11-27	Collision at Madawaska. Two freight trains crash into one another. This is the first head-on collision on the Canada Atlantic for eighteen years. Two freight trains were given orders to cross at La Nappe, a small siding six miles west of Madawaska; the trains were proceeding slowly and the damage done was slight. It is thought that one of the trains had drawn onto the switch and either had not gone far enough or had pushed along too far, so a number of cars were ditched and the engines damaged. The fireman of the westbound train, Geo. Maguire of 432 Laurier Avenue, received such severe injuries that he was brought to St. Luke's hospital. The engines were not derailed and were used to assist in replacing the derailed cars. A couple of grain cars were broken open and the wheat scattered over the road bed; the road was blocked for some hours. With the exception of fireman Maguire the train hands escaped without injury. Dated to the morning before the 1904-11-28 issue that reported it.	Ottawa Journal 1904-11-28(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...)
1906-10-05	New roundhouse under construction	Mercury October 5, 1906. Thanks to Colin Churcher
1906-12-22	WAS FRIGHTFULLY MANGLED. The remains of the unfortunate man who was struck by a freight train early Sunday morning and killed have been identified as those of A. Logan, section man, married, and aged about 41 years. Logan was walking the tracks about a quarter of a mile from Madawaska station and, not hearing the approaching train, was run over about midnight. He leaves a family to mourn his sudden death.	Ottawa Citizen 1906-12-28(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...)
1907-01-15	New roundhouse, coaling plant "just completed"	Mercury Jan 15, 1907. Thanks to Colin Churcher
1914-05-29	Word has been received at the G.T.R. office that unless the wind blows up, the bush fires in the vicinity of Madawaska are not likely to cause any further damage to property. Tents and blankets had been sent up by the militia department, although there was no need for them, as was first reported. The Grand Trunk had in all 16 freight cars burnt, one loaded with hay; a storehouse, wheelhouse and oilhouse were also destroyed by the flames, with a total loss to the railway of $6,500. A large number of men were fighting the fires, which were stated to be under control.	Eganville Leader 1914-05-29(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...)
1934-01-23≥	By 23 January 1934 (the issue date), the paper reported: "Motor trouble on the C.N.R. Madawaska-Pembroke-Ottawa train this morning as it was leaving the sheds at Madawaska caused it to be more than two hours late on arrival at Ottawa. Due at 10.55 a.m., it did not reach here until nearly two o'clock. Some difficulty was experienced in getting the engine off the turn-table at Madawaska with the result that a steam engine had to be commissioned to convey the passengers here." The "sheds" and turntable at Madawaska are named in the item, but no structure entity is identified here.	Ottawa Journal 1934-01-23(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...)