Names and numbers
Cache Lake
date unknown
Dimensions
as reportedCapacity of Passing Track: 50 cars
Capacity of Other Tracks: 8 cars
History
12 facts
| Date | Statement | Source | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1893-05 | Algonquin National Park Act passed by Ontario Government. | Shaw p6 | |
| 1896 | A.W.Fleck buys 5000 acres from St Anthony Lumber Co. on Rock Lake for summer home. | Fleming quoting Adelison, O. Early Days of Algonquin Park | |
| 1896-08-07≥ | On Saturday, the bodies of two men were brought down to Renfrew by the OA & PS express ... One, whose name was James Ryan, was buried in the Renfrew cemetery. The other, Louis St. Pierre, was interred in the R. C. cemetery. Another body, of a man named McLeod, was taken to Cornwall: while a fourth victim, alive, was taken down to the Ottawa Hospital. So far as can be learned, the three deaths and the injury were due to a blasting accident. ... Foreman McLeod was badly mangled - his hands blown off and legs badly torn. Ryan was picked up dead in the bush, more than 100 feet away. The coroner's inquest as to the death of the three men killed in the dynamite explosion up the Parry Sound Railway resulted in a verdict of accidental death. Two boxes of dynamite had been placed in the hole drilled in the rock and the men were packing earth over it when the explosion occurred. (As reported by 7 August 1896; the source dates the event only relatively.) Accident on D.D. McDonald & Co.'s construction near their camp No. 3, by Source Lake west of Cache Lake (Almonte Gazette letter of 7 Sept.). Filed on Algonquin Park at the maintainer's direction as the nearest entity to Cache Lake. | Ottawa Citizen 1896-08-07(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Almonte Gazette 1896-09-18(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1897 | Park headquarters moves to here from Canoe Lake. | Shaw p63 | |
| 1898 | A.W.Fleck's summer home, "Men-Wah-Tey" erected. | Fleming quoting Adelison, O. Early Days of Algonquin Park | |
| 1900 | Hotel suggested by Mollie Cox. | Fleming quoting Adelison, O. Early Days of Algonquin Park | |
| 1900-05-02 | Renaud & Co., of Murray street, yesterday sent up 100 men, principally sufferers from the fire, to Canoe Lake, to work in the lumber camps of Messrs. Gilmour & Co. About 250 more are required and good wages will be paid as well as railway fare. Filed on Algonquin Park, the district including Canoe Lake, since no more specific location entity is named besides Canoe Lake itself; a maintainer may prefer Canoe Lake directly. | Ottawa Citizen 1900-05-02(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1906 | Hotel financed by Canadian Railway News. Station erected. | Fleming quoting Adelison, O. Early Days of Algonquin Park | |
| 1908 | Hotel and station opened. | Fleming quoting Adelison, O. Early Days of Algonquin Park | |
| 1912-10-04 | An unusual use is being made of the G.T.R. In co-operation with the Ontario Government, a specially-modified car has been transporting black bass fingerlings to remote lakes in the Highlands of Ontario. Seventy-four thousand have been planted, with five thousand little bass going to Cache Lake. The bass grow quickly and after three years are of a catchable size; anglers report that fishing has improved greatly. | Renfrew Mercury 1912-10-04(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| Leader p204 photo of station, 1930s. | |||
| 1898-11-11: Trestle near Cache Lake shifted, delaying mail train. | Fleming Renfrew Mercury |