Canadian National License for Temporary Crossing: Majestic Construction Gravenhurst ON
Name/Title
Canadian National License for Temporary Crossing: Majestic Construction Gravenhurst ONEntry/Object ID
2021.1028.01Description
License for a temporary crossing for the Majestic Construction Company in Gravenhurst Ontario. The crossing will be on mile 105.80 in the Newmarket Subdivision in the township of Morrison. The license was granted in 1972. Distinguishing Features: noneContext
Original document, copy of the official license for the temporary crossing. Canadian National was created following the end of the First World War, by combining five lines which were financially troubled. It soon became the largest railway in the country. Canadian National Railways was founded in 1919 as a combination of several railways that had become bankrupt and were being ran by the Canadian Government Railways, its primary service was freight but also operated passenger service until 1978 until it was absorbed by VIA rail. The Canadian National Railways was created by the Government of Canada as a means to fund the failing railway corporations including: Intercolonial Railway of Canada, National Transcontinental Railway, Prince Edward Island Railway, and Hudson's Bay Railway.Collection
Library ArchiveCategory
Canadian National