Canada Atlantic Railway
Sources

Churcher

Colin Churcher's Railway Pages. https://churcher.crcml.org

Facts citing this source
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https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1921.pdf1921-09-20≥ Bank StreetBy 20 September 1921 (the issue date), the paper reported: The proposed level crossing of the Ottawa Improvement Driveway, later FDC Drive, now Island Park Drive, "at the GTR/CNR was opposed by the Grand Trunk Railway (formerly CAR). (CP opposed the same crossing, both railways wanting an overpass). This is the site of the current overpass on the Queensway at Island Park Drive."
Churcher's own summary, filed under the Ottawa Journal of 1921-09-20 in his 1921 file (revised February-28-22); the wording, including the later names and the Queensway overpass, is his. Original issue not seen.
https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Research%20Notes/Renfrew%20Lemkay%20research.pdf1863 William Shillito CranstonWilliam Shillito Cranston was born in Arnprior in 1863.
https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Research%20Notes/Renfrew%20Lemkay%20research.pdf1892 to 1896 Edward FauquierThe Fauquier brothers worked for J. R. Booth on several contracts from 1892 to 1896, including the difficult section from Barry's Bay to Scotia.
https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Research%20Notes/Renfrew%20Lemkay%20research.pdf1892 to 1896 Gilbert FauquierThe Fauquier brothers worked for J. R. Booth on several contracts from 1892 to 1896, including the difficult section from Barry's Bay to Scotia.
https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Research%20Notes/Renfrew%20Lemkay%20research.pdf1902 William Shillito CranstonCranston died in 1902, at which time he was City Engineer for Ottawa.
https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Research%20Notes/Renfrew%20Lemkay%20research.pdf William Shillito CranstonAfter graduating from McGill University as a civil engineer, Cranston practised throughout Canada. He was the surveyor on the Ottawa, Arnprior & Parry Sound Railway, and later worked for the Canadian Pacific Railway on the construction of the Crow's Nest Pass.
https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Research%20Notes/Renfrew%20Lemkay%20research.pdf Edward FauquierEdward Fauquier and his brother Gilbert were sons of Frederick Dawson Fauquier, who came to Canada from Malta and eventually became the Anglican Bishop of Algoma. Raised in the Gatineau area north of Ottawa, the brothers began to work when they were thirteen or fourteen and became practically-trained engineers and contractors.
https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Research%20Notes/Renfrew%20Lemkay%20research.pdf Edward FauquierAfter working for Booth, Edward and Gilbert Fauquier worked on the National Transcontinental Railway and the Canadian Northern Railway (now CNR), where two villages are named after them — one near Cochrane, Ontario, the other in British Columbia. At one point the brothers did construction work on the Halifax docks.
https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Research%20Notes/Renfrew%20Lemkay%20research.pdf Edward FauquierEdward Fauquier maintained his connection with the Booth line, doing maintenance work for the Canada Atlantic Railway, which had absorbed the Ottawa, Arnprior & Parry Sound Railway. He died young.
https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Research%20Notes/Renfrew%20Lemkay%20research.pdf Gilbert FauquierGilbert Fauquier and his brother Edward were sons of Frederick Dawson Fauquier, who came to Canada from Malta and eventually became the Anglican Bishop of Algoma. They were raised in the Gatineau area north of Ottawa.
https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Research%20Notes/Renfrew%20Lemkay%20research.pdf Gilbert FauquierAfter working for Booth, Gilbert and Edward Fauquier worked on the National Transcontinental Railway and the Canadian Northern Railway (now CNR), where two villages are named after them — one near Cochrane, Ontario, the other in British Columbia. At one point the brothers did construction work on the Halifax docks.
https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Research%20Notes/Renfrew%20Lemkay%20research.pdf Gilbert FauquierGilbert Fauquier died at 77 in Ottawa.