Brockville, Westport and North-Western Railway

Overview

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The Brockville, Westport and North-Western Railway was a railway in Eastern Ontario, Canada. It was founded in 1884 as the Brockville, Westport & Sault Ste Marie Railway. Construction began in 1886 heading north-west from Brockville, Ontario to Westport, Ontario. The line opened March 4, 1888, between Westport and Brockville. From Lyn Junction to Brockville, the railway used trackage rights on the Grand Trunk Railway. In 1889, the line from Lyn Junction to Brockville opened. In 1894 the company was placed into receivership, and in 1903 it was sold by the court to a New York–based syndicate (Holm-Gerken-Schmitt-King) for $160,000 and re-incorporated as the Brockville, Westport and Northwestern Railway. The line was sold to William Mackenzie and Donald Mann from the Canadian Northern Railway in 1910, and was eventually amalgamated into the Canadian National Railways in 1919.²

Acquisitions

1. Succeeded by Canadian National Railway¹

Links

• WikipediaBrockville, Westport and North-Western Railway
• WikidataQ4972878