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Carillon & Grenville Railway

Abandoned railway in Quebec, Canada

The Carillon and Grenville Railway (CAGR) was a 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge portage railway in Quebec, running approximately 12 miles (19 km) between the towns of Carillon and Grenville on the north bank of the Ottawa River. It provided a through-route from Ottawa to Montreal via steamships on either side of the Long Sault Rapids.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

Aug 1853Founded1

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Gare de Carillon (1899)
Photo: Alfred Walter Roper, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

The Carillon and Grenville Railway (CAGR) was a 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge portage railway in Quebec, running approximately 12 miles (19 km) between the towns of Carillon and Grenville on the north bank of the Ottawa River. It provided a through-route from Ottawa to Montreal via steamships on either side of the Long Sault Rapids.2

Subsidiaries and ownership

Owners

  • Charles Newhouse Armstrong since 1905

Former owners and parents

  • John Abbott 1858 to 1864

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. 1905Acquired Acquired by Charles Newhouse Armstrong1
  2. 1858Acquired Acquired by John Abbott1
  3. Aug 1853Founded Founded1

Sources

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