14 April 1871 |
Incorporated as |
Montreal and City of Ottawa Jct. Ry. Co. (Ottawa-Coteau Landing). |
14 June 1872 |
Incorporated as |
Coteau & Province Line Ry. and Bridge Co. (Coteau to Vermont
Border) |
07 April 1874 |
Subsidy By-Law Passed |
City of Ottawa for $100,000 (never paid) |
30 April 1878 |
Charter Lapses |
original M&CO Jct. Ry |
15 May 1879 |
Amalgamation of |
M&CO and C&PL to form Canada Atlantic Railway ("the Coteau
Bridge bill") |
31 July 1892 |
Incorporated as |
Ottawa, Arnprior & Parry Sound |
25 July 1881 |
CAR First track laid |
Coteau Jct. |
01 Feb 1882 |
CAR Line opened |
Coteau - Casselman |
4 Mar 1882 |
Incorporated |
Province Line Railroad Co.(Vermont) |
13 Sept 1882 |
CAR Line opened |
Casselman-Ottawa, first through train Ottawa - Coteau |
01 July 1882 or 1883 |
CAR Line opened |
Coteau - Coteau Landing |
06 Nov 1883 |
CAR Line opened |
Chaudiere line to Broad St, Ottawa |
01 July 1884 |
CAR Line opened |
Lacolle - Clark's Island |
16 Feb 1885 |
CAR First through train |
Ottawa - St. Alban's VT (Coteau car ferry and GTR beyond Lacolle) |
30 Mar 1885 |
Incorporated |
Parry Sound Colonization Ry (Burk's Falls - Parry Sound) |
01 April 1886 |
CAR Line opened |
Chaudiere line to Britannia/Bridge St. |
23 Mar 1888 |
Incorporated |
Ottawa, Arnprior & Renfrew Ry Co OA&R (Ottawa - Renfrew) |
04 May 1888 |
Incorporated |
Ottawa & Parry Sound Ry Co O&PS (Renfrew - Parry Sound) |
01 July 1888 |
CAR Line opened |
Lacolle - International boundary |
01 Feb 1890 |
CAR Line/bridge opened |
Coteau - Clark's Island (St. Lawrence River Bridge |
31 July 1891 |
Amalgamation of |
Ottawa Arnprior & Renfrew and Ottawa & Parry Sound
as Ottawa, Arnprior & Parry Sound Ry Co (OA&PS) |
14 Sept 1891 |
CAR leases |
Central Counties Ry. (Glen Robertson - Hawkesbury) 99-years |
28 July 1892 |
Subsidy voted by |
Ottawa City Council for $100,000 to OA&PS. |
14 Oct 1892 |
J.R. Booth purchases |
Parry Sound Colonization Ry |
14 May 1893 |
Line opened on OA&PS |
Ottawa - Arnprior |
27 May 1893 |
Incorporated |
Pembroke Southern Railway |
01 July 1893 |
Line opened on OA&PS |
Scotia Jct - Edgington |
01 July 1893 |
Line opened on OA&PS |
Ottawa Riverside - Ottawa Main Street |
01 July 1894 |
Line opened on OA&PS |
Edgington - Rankins |
16 Sept 1894 |
Line opened on OA&PS |
Arnprior - Renfrew Jct (with K&P)
Renfrew Jct - Eganville |
23 Sept 1894 |
Line opened on OA&PS |
Eganville - Madawaska |
01 May 1895 |
Line opened on OA&PS |
Madawaska - Cache Lake |
06 June 1895 |
OA&PS leases |
Federal govt canal reserve for 21 years from May 01. (site of present
day Rideau Centre) |
01 July 1895 |
Line opened on OA&PS |
Rankins - Rose Point |
04 Sept 1895 |
CAR leases |
Central Counties Ry (South Indian - Rockland) 99-years |
03 Dec 1895 |
CAR Line opened |
Hurdman to Maria Street (Laurier Ave), Ottawa |
28 Sept 1896 |
CAR Line opened |
Central Depot |
05 Oct 1896 |
Amalgamated |
OA&PS with PSC Ry as OA&PS |
01 Dec 1896 |
Line Opened on OA&PS |
Cache Lake-Scotia Jct |
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01 Dec 1896 |
Line Opened on OA&PS |
Rose Point-Depot Harbour |
21 Dec 1896 |
Line Opened on OA&PS |
Central Depot |
07 Jan 1897 |
First Train on OA&PS |
Ottawa-Rose Point |
27May 1897 |
Incorporated |
Vermont & Province Line Railroad Co (VT) |
... Dec 1897 |
V&PL Line opened |
International border to East Alburg VT |
13 Jun 1898 |
Incorporated |
Canada Atlantic Transit Co. (Depot Harbour-Ft. William shipping)
(CAT) |
02 Jan 1899 |
Pembroke & Southern Counties line opened |
Golden Lake - Pembroke |
11 Aug 1899 |
CAR amalgamates with |
OA&PS |
31 Aug 1899 |
CAR leases |
Pembroke & Southern Counties Ry. (Pembroke-Golden Lake) for
5 years |
30 Oct 1899 |
Incorporated |
Canada Atlantic Transit Co. of the US (Depot Harbour-Duluth shipping)
(CATUS) |
.... Jan 1902 |
3 year option to purchase granted to |
W. Seward Webb |
15 Aug 1904 |
GTR agrees to acquire capital stock of |
CAR, CAT, CATUS, V&PL. |
01 Sept 1904 |
CAR Lease expires |
Pembroke Southern Counties |
07 Jan 1907 |
GTR leases |
Federal govt canal reserve (999 years) (OA&PS lease of 21 years
expired) |
01 Oct 1905 |
GTR Assumes Control of |
CAR, CAT, CATUS, V&PL |
09 Feb 1914 |
Deed of Amalgamation |
CAR, CAT, CATUS, V&PL |
27 May 1914 |
Parliament confirms |
CAR takeover by GTR |
29 July 1914 |
GTR Amalgamates |
CAR, CAT, CATUS and V&PL |