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The Toronto, Simcoe and Muskoka Junction Railway Company

Photo by Alan L Brown - Posted May, 2005

Photo by contributor Wayne Adam - Posted December, 2009

Plaque Location

The District of Muskoka
The Town of Gravenhurst
At the north end of the railway station
on the southeast corner of Brock Street and Second Street

Coordinates: N 44 55.215 W 79 22.248

Plaque Text

This company was incorporated by the Government of Ontario in 1869 to build a line to Lake Muskoka from the Northern Railway of Canada, which extended from Toronto to Barrie and Collingwood. Pressure for its construction came from settlers and lumbermen in the Muskoka region and from Toronto businessmen anxious to develop the City's hinterland. Work was begun at Barrie in 1870 but was hampered by the rugged terrain and continual financial difficulties, which forced a reorganization of the Company in 1871 and its absorption by the Northern Railway in 1875. That year the line was finally completed to Gravenhurst and Muskoka Wharf to connect with steamboat service on Lake Muskoka. The line encouraged settlement, lumbering and the development of the Muskoka tourist industry.

Related Ontario plaques
The Northern Railway Company of Canada
Steamboating in Muskoka 1866-1959

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