Canada Atlantic Railway
Home / Locations

Pembroke

Location
/Pembroke Branch · mile 21.09
Names and numbers
Pembroke
date unknown
Structures
Dimensions
as reported
Population: 5400
Gard(Noted the kindness and cordiality of people)
Businesses: Bank of Ottawa, Quebec Bank, Royal Bank, three sawmills, 250 barrel flour mill, woolen mill, scale factory, machine shop, two foundries, two sash and door factories
Gard
Stand Pipe: 6" Drop Pipe
GTR B&B
Number of pipes: 1
GTR B&B
Tank: 13' x 12 1/2'
GTR B&B
Discharge Pipe: 6"x13'
GTR B&B
Conduit Pipe: 4'
GTR B&B
Source: Town water works
GTR B&B
Dimensions: 20'x12'6"x9'
GTR B&B
Remarks: 20000 gal
GTR B&B
Construction: Frame
GTR B&B
Foundation: Sill
GTR B&B
Roof: Board
GTR B&B
Chutes: 2
GTR B&B
Pens: 3
GTR B&B
Dimensions: 97'x83'
GTR B&B
Dimensions: 92'x12'
GTR B&B
Foundation: On Posts
GTR B&B
Construction: Old box car
GTR B&B
Dimensions: 4538 sq.ft.
GTR B&B
Dimensions: 2660 sq.ft.
GTR B&B
Dimensions: 90'8"x26'4"x15'
GTR B&B
Foundation: Post
GTR B&B
Roof: Tin
GTR B&B
Construction: Frame
GTR B&B
Dimensions: 1268 sq.ft.
GTR B&B
Type: Platform - shovelled into tender
GTR B&B
Length: 50'3"
GTR B&B
Capacity: 45 tons
GTR B&B
Clearance: All clear
GTR B&B
Stalls: 3
GTR B&B
Kind: Steel
GTR B&B
Engine Capacity: 2
GTR B&B
Construction: Frame
GTR B&B
Roof: Gravel
GTR B&B
Y for turning locomotives: yes
GTR B&B
Sources on this page
FlemingGardGTR B&BOttawa CitizenPembroke Observer
History
4 facts
DateStatementSourceStatus
1895-11-05≥Another year and the railway to Parry Sound will have been completed, and the greatest port on the Georgian Bay will be closer to Ottawa than Toronto is to the Capital. Today only fifty miles of the entire distance between Ottawa and Parry Sound — two hundred and fifty-nine miles — remains uncovered by the rails, and Engineer Mountain says it is more than probable that this gap will be covered before October of next year. Another year or two and the branch to Golden Lake connecting Pembroke with the Parry Sound railway will also have been completed. On Monday, Mayor F. E. Fortin, Thomas Mackie, J. A. Thibodeau and J. R. Moffat went out to Wilberforce to look out the line through Wilberforce. Pembroke Observer 1895-11-08(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...)
1898-11-18100x30 foot freight shed on McKay is under construction. Roundhouse to be near Hunter St. Fleming Renfrew Mercury
1904W.D.Cunningworth was agent. Gard
1909-04-15Timely action averts wreck of G.T.R. express near Pembroke. Track had been washed away by freshets; a young man flagged the train just in time. Ottawa Citizen 1909-04-15(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...)