Rutherglen Museum · Bonfield Township
History
Tracing the iron thread that bound Northern Ontario's communities — and the generations who built it.
1882
C.P.R. Arrives
Rutherglen & Bonfield Township
December
1882
1882
December 1882 the Canadian Pacific Railway arrived at the north shore of Lake Nipissing. The C.P.R. steam locomotive, the "Lucy Dalton" crept slowly past Ruther Glen along the newly laid track and became the first locomotive to reach what would become North Bay. The arrival of the C.P.R. rail line connected the Nipissing District with more developed and prosperous areas in the southeast. Regular passenger service did not start until 1883.
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