GTP/CN-Graham Subdivision MP 22.8-26 II
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- Опубліковано 17 чер 2024
- Video of the former Grand Trunk Pacific Railway-Lake Superior Division, Canadian Government Railways-Fort William Subdivision, Canadian National Railways-Fort William/Lake Superior/Graham/Crest Subdivision at Kaministiqua, ON. Features the grade as it skirts alongside the Canadian Pacific Kansas City mainline and the Kaministiquia River with huge cuttings, heavy vegetation, slides and washed out embankments.
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Active, 1908-1925.
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since 75 I have walked all this area...all of it...
How much has it changed?
hear ya man...
If you look at the trees that bend vertically near the base that could sort of indicate when the surrounding geography "slid" down. There probably other mitigating factors too, but that is above my pay-grade. 😊
It certainly makes sense why CN abandoned this section when they took over the line. I guess ideally Grand Trunk would have preferred a different route, but there were not very many options.
my home ground zero...thx,,
Lots more on the way!
You might consider getting some prescription safety glasses when going through thick brush and tree growth.
I've worn glasses since I was 12 and typically have my contacts in when I hike. I got poked in the eye by a stick many moons ago and almost lost a contact, so I always wear something over my eyes. I currently use photo-chromatic cycling glasses which I find work good. My issue is now my reading vision is going so I might have to go to bifocal contacts...the joys of getting old!
yup may da 4th...
The CPR to the left and private landowners to the right, so who owns the RofW? Part of the bits and pieces left to the municipality or remnants that are still nominally CNR?
Any idea what sort of size trees were here before the GTP plowed through?
Your assessment is likely correct regarding the right of way. I’ve heard some talk of a trail but who knows if or when that could happen.
No idea of the size of the trees before the railway was built. Could have been sizeable if the area had been virgin forest.
AHhh rail trail, I like that idea. Would that be just these latest sections you have covered or all the way toTB? If people can get behind it and landowners can see the good it can do for the community in the form of tourism and health/exercise, excellent.
If you are not familiar with it check out Petit Train du Nord in Quebec. A decent example of what can be done.
Probably just for this area and a little to the south. There are too many areas closer to Thunder Bay and in the Municipality of Oliver-Paipoonge where sections of the grade are now in private hands and I doubt some people would be okay with a trail. We seem to have a bit of difficulty getting trails going in this area sadly.
How far off is that CP line? 100 meters?
According to my data, less than 40 metres. Further to the south, which I'll be exploring next year, it's even closer, probably in the 20 metre range.
This map isn't super accurate, but it shows the two lines paralleling each other for quite some distance:
padwrr.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/gtp-1925.jpg