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The Wellington, Grey and Bruce Railway (WG&BR) was a railway in Ontario, Canada. It ran roughly northwest from Guelph (in Wellington County) to the port town of Southampton (in Bruce County) on Lake Huron, a distance of 101 miles (163 km).
The Wellington, Grey and Bruce Railway built a line through Alma in 1870. [4] The line was eventually taken over by Canadian National Railway, and was abandoned in 1983. [7] The Alma railroad station has since been destroyed. [8] After the railway was constructed, Alma became "a bustling service centre for the local settlers and travellers". [5]
Grey Road 10 from the Wellington County Boundary to Grey Road 28, Jacob Street in Neustadt, 7th Avenue in Hanover, Signed as Bruce Road 10 between Hanover and Scone but under the jurisdiction of Grey County, Grey-Bruce Line between Scone and Alvanley, and Bruce Road 10 between Alvanley and Hepworth. County Road 11 County Road 18 Highway 26: none
The northern portion of Southwestern Ontario is sometimes referred to as Midwestern Ontario. This area includes Bruce, Grey, Dufferin, Huron, Perth, and Wellington Counties, corresponding roughly with the historical boundaries of Queen's Bush, an area of crown land that did not see formal subdivision or wide-scale settlement until the 1830s.
The history of Southampton is intertwined with the history of the Wellington, Grey and Bruce Railway (WG&B). The original 1856 charter for what was then known as the Canada North-West Railway called for a line "... from Southampton on Lake Huron to Toronto on Lake Ontario with branch to Owen Sound[.]" [15] The railway was intended to both serve the local area and to provide a through route to ...
The London, Huron and Bruce Railway (LH&BR) was a short line railway in Ontario, Canada. It started in London, Ontario, running northward for 70 miles (110 km) to the small town of Wingham. It originally planned to continue north to Southampton or Kincardine, but instead joined the Wellington, Grey and Bruce Railway (WG&BR) at Wingham
The Toronto, Grey and Bruce Railway (TG&B) was a railway company which operated in Ontario, Canada in the years immediately following the Canadian Confederation of 1867. It connected two rural counties, Grey County and Bruce County, with the provincial capital of Toronto to the east.
Port Elgin is a community in the town of Saugeen Shores, Ontario, Canada.Its location is in the traditional territory of the Saugeen Ojibway Nation.Originally named Normanton the town was renamed Port Elgin when it was incorporated in 1874, after James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin, a former Governor General of the Province of Canada.