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Eastern Ontario: 1884–1958: Acquired by GTR. Thurso and Nation Valley Railway: Thurso to Duhamel, Quebec: 1927–1986: Subsidiary of SC. Temiskaming and Northern Ontario Railway: Northeastern Ontario: 1902–1946: Renamed to ONR. Tillsonburg Lake Erie and Pacific Railway: Southwestern Ontario: 1896-1958: Acquired by CPR in 1904 and entity ...
Ottawa Central Railway (formerly Canadian National Railway 45°27′59″N 76°17′11″W / 45.4665°N 76.2863°W / 45.4665; -76 unnamed road bridge
The 84 kilometres (52 mi) railway, Ottawa's first to outside markets, was initially used to ship lumber collected on the Ottawa River for further shipping along the St. Lawrence to markets in the United States and Montreal. [1] Bytown became Ottawa in 1855, and the railway changed its name to match, becoming the Ottawa and Prescott Railway (O&PR).
The Montreal Northern Colonization Railway Company, formed on 5 April 1869, was renamed Montreal, Ottawa & Western Company on 8 April 1875 and merged into the QMO&OR in December 1875. After the sale of this company's assets, its charter was used to restart a company in the Laurentians under the name of Montreal & Western Railway on 25 May 1883 ...
Kijiji was launched in February 2005 in Quebec City and Montreal, and expanded across the rest of Canada in November 2005. [ 11 ] [ 12 ] In May 2005, eBay acquired the British-based online classifieds service Gumtree , [ 13 ] which operates in cities in the United Kingdom , Ireland , Poland , Hong Kong , South Africa , Australia and New Zealand ...
Ottawa [a] is the capital city of Canada.It is located in the southern portion of the province of Ontario, at the meeting of the Ottawa River and the Rideau River.Ottawa borders Gatineau, Quebec, and forms the core of the Ottawa–Gatineau census metropolitan area (CMA) and the National Capital Region (NCR). [13]
On December 5, 2014, the Ontario Ministry of Transportation approved starting an environmental assessment on the best route for a high speed rail connecting Toronto, Kitchener–Waterloo, London and Windsor for 2015. [46] On October 30, 2015 the Government of Ontario announced that David Collenette would be the special advisor for high-speed ...
The route west from Montreal has been called the 'first Trans-Canada Highway'. It ran from near Montreal, up the Ottawa River, west up the Mattawa River to Trout Lake and over the 7 mile La Vase portage at what is now North Bay on Lake Nipissing and down the French River to Georgian Bay of Lake Huron.