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50-490: Algoma may refer to: Businesses and organisations [ edit ] Algoma Central Railway , Northern Ontario Algoma Central Corporation Algoma Foundry and Machine Company , Algoma, Wisconsin, U.S. Algoma Treatment and Remand Centre , a prison in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada Algoma University , Ontario, Canada Essar Steel Algoma , formerly Algoma Steel,

100-524: A Charger locomotive and three Venture passenger cars . The train sets are for the restoration of Northlander train service between Toronto and Cochrane, which would operate four to seven times per week depending on season. There would be 16 stops: Toronto ( Union Station ), Langstaff , Gormley , Washago , Gravenhurst , Bracebridge , Huntsville , South River , North Bay , Temagami , Temiskaming Shores , Englehart , Kirkland Lake/ Swastika , Matheson , Timmins and Cochrane . ONR operates or operated

150-611: A Canadian steel producer Places [ edit ] See also: Algoma (placename) Algoma District , Ontario, Canada Algoma, Mississippi , U.S. Algoma, Oregon , U.S. Algoma, West Virginia , U.S. Algoma, Wisconsin , a city in Kewaunee County, Wisconsin , U.S. Algoma, Wisconsin, a former village in Winnebago County, Wisconsin, that became part of the city of Oshkosh, Wisconsin Algoma, Winnebago County, Wisconsin ,

200-614: A continuance of the Agawa Canyon Tour Train, as well as signing a memorandum of understanding with the Missanabie Cree First Nation regarding a potential partnership. On April 20, the Missanabie Cree First Nation, N1 Strategy Inc. and The Machine Shop also signed a memorandum of understanding around logistics and operations of a resurrected tourist train. In the 1960s, the railway began to promote

250-402: A plan for passenger rail services. In May 2021, the provincial government announced plans for Ontario Northland and Metrolinx to resume passenger operations between Toronto and northeastern Ontario with a 13-stop route to begin service by the mid-2020s. In November 2021, the decision was made to make the new terminus Timmins (previously Cochrane) due to its size and the fact that it serves as

300-566: A railway on this route still desired, the new Temiskaming and Northern Ontario Railway was incorporated on 17 March 1902, by the Temiskaming and Northern Ontario Railway Act of the Ontario parliament . The railway was to be a provincial Crown corporation overseen by the Temiskaming and Northern Ontario Railway Commission. Construction on the railway started in 1903, and the settlement of Redwater in

350-515: A regional transportation hub. A test run was conducted in March 2021, and again in November of 2021 where several northern Ontario mayors, MPPs, and local residents were taken from North Bay to Toronto's Union station. In December 2022, the provincial government announced that it would purchase 3 new train sets from Siemens Mobility Limited at a cost of $ 140   million. Each train set would consist of

400-512: A routing agreement in which ONR would transport CN's freight traffic between Noranda and either Hearst or North Bay. On April 14, 2010, there was news of a proposed Ontario Northland takeover of the controversial Ottawa Valley rail tracks. However, this development never came to fruition. On March 23, 2012, the Ontario government announced that it would begin to wind down the ONTC, citing increased costs to

450-666: A separate subsidiary , Wisconsin Central Canada Holdings. In 1998, Algoma Steel closed its iron ore mine in Wawa and the branch line between Michipicoten Harbour and Hawk Junction was abandoned. Wisconsin Central Ltd. was acquired by Canadian National on October 9, 2001, whereupon the Algoma Central became part of CN's Eastern Division. In January 2014, CN announced it was cutting the service from Sault Ste. Marie to Hearst, blaming

500-497: A town, U.S. Algoma Boulevard Historic District , Oshkosh, Wisconsin, U.S. Algoma Township, Michigan , U.S. Other uses [ edit ] SS  Algoma , a ship wrecked in 1885 in Lake Superior, U.S. HMCS  Algoma , a 1941 Flower-class corvette See also [ edit ] All pages with titles beginning with Algoma Alcona (disambiguation) Algona (disambiguation) Topics referred to by

550-409: A working group attempting to save the line hired BDO Canada LLP , an accounting firm, to assess the financial impact to the region when the service is scheduled to end April 29. The working group, composed of municipalities, first nations, and cottager associations, all had a vested interest in the continuation of the service. According to preliminary findings, BDO determined passenger rail service in

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600-469: Is a canoe car, which is in service in the summer as part of the Polar Bear Express passenger train. The car can hold up to 18 canoes. Canoeists can put canoes on this car as part of their baggage, although canoes are often stowed in boxcars. It is the only known train car specifically designed for transporting canoes and kayaks . In 1977, the railway purchased four RAm/DE train sets retired from

650-401: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Algoma Central Railway The railway is well known for its Agawa Canyon tour train. Until 2015, the line also provided passenger train service to canoeists, snowmobilers, cottagers and tourists accessing this wilderness recreation region. The railway connects at its northernmost point with

700-597: The Abitibi Canyon Generating Station was being built on the Abitibi River . Between 1928 and 1930 the railway was extended north at a slow pace. The pace of construction was quickened in 1930 as a make-work project due to the depression. The extension to James Bay was opened on July 15, 1932. The terminus of the railway was at the mouth of the Moose River near the old trading post of Revillon Frères . It

750-574: The Canadian Northern Railway (at Oba ). In 1914, it finally reached Hearst, a town 476 km (296 mi) north of Sault Ste. Marie that was a divisional point on the National Transcontinental Railway . By that point, Clergue's dream of building a railway to Hudson Bay or James Bay had long been abandoned, and the railway's northern terminus remained at Hearst, around 240 km (150 mi) from James Bay. However,

800-472: The Canadian federal government for cutting a subsidy necessary to keep the service running. The passenger service, which runs three days per week, provides year-round access to remote tourist camps and resorts. The average annual ridership is estimated to be 10,600 passengers. It has been argued in the past as an essential service ; however, the service has always been deemed financially uneconomic. In February,

850-798: The Ontario Northland Railway and with CN's eastern division to the south. It also intersects with the Canadian Pacific Kansas City at Franz and with the Huron Central Railway at its southernmost point in the Sault. The Algoma Central Railway was first owned by Francis H. Clergue , who required a railway to haul resources from the interior of the Algoma District to Clergue's industries in Sault Ste. Marie; specifically, to transport logs to his pulp mill and iron ore from

900-609: The Ontario Northland Transportation Commission , a provincial Crown agency of the government of Ontario . Originally built to develop the Lake Timiskaming and Lake Nipissing areas, the railway soon became a major factor in the economic growth of the province. After decades of difficult construction through the Canadian Shield , workers reached James Bay in 1932. While blasting the route through

950-518: The Trans Europ Express by the Dutch and Swiss railways , for use on its Northlander train. However, the experiment was not entirely successful. The locomotives were scrapped in 1984, although the passenger cars survived until the early 1990s. These surviving passenger cars were pulled by rebuilt Canadian locomotives ( EMD FP7 ). The rear end of the locomotives was altered to fit to original cars. With

1000-485: The Algoma district generates between $ 38 million and $ 48 million in annual economic activity. It supports as many as 220 jobs and delivers more than $ 5 million in tax revenues. In April 2014, the federal government extended funding for one year so that CN would continue to provide the passenger service. The $ 2.2-million subsidy was to facilitate the provision of service until 2015. In March 2015, Railmark Canada Ltd assumed

1050-552: The Helen Mine, near Wawa , to a proposed steel mill (which was later named Algoma Steel ). The Algoma Central Railway was chartered on August 11, 1899. The railway's Dominion and provincial charters gave it authority to build north from Sault Ste. Marie to a junction with the Canadian Pacific Railway 's main line, as well as a branch line to Michipicoten Harbour, on Lake Superior near Wawa. In 1901, Clergue acquired

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1100-504: The Lake Timiskaming area. The railway reached Englehart in 1906 and Cochrane in 1909. In the next few years, several branch lines were built. In 1921, construction on a line north to James Bay was started. In 1923, the new Conservative premier of Ontario, Howard Ferguson , halted further construction, saying that it would be unprofitable. For four years the terminus of the line remained at Fraserdale , near Abitibi Canyon , where

1150-923: The Moose River, about 19 km (12 mi) south of the shore of James Bay . There is one major branchline running eastward from Swastika through Kirkland Lake and over the Quebec border to end at Rouyn-Noranda . The railway's branch from Swastika to Rouyn-Noranda, including 40 kilometres of track in Quebec, is operated by a subsidiary , the Nipissing Central Railway . Shorter spur lines also exist running west from Rock Junction to Sherman Mine , south-west from Porquis Junction to Kidd Creek Mine , about 22 km east of Timmins , north-east from Porquis to Iroquois Falls and south from Opaz Junction to Agrium mine site. Several other mining spurs opened and closed with

1200-471: The Ontario Government announced that it would invest $ 75-million (CAD), into infrastructure and towards resuming service between Toronto and Timmins. Connections with other railway systems are made as follows: There are a series of regular runs including: The railway currently owns about 25 diesel locomotives and roughly 700 items of rolling stock . One of its more unusual pieces of rolling stock

1250-731: The Wisconsin Central system. In December 2021, the sale of the former Algoma Central lines along with CN trackage in Wisconsin and Michigan was approved by the Surface Transportation Board. In March 2021, Watco announced that it would acquire the Algoma Central from Canadian National, along with the Wisconsin lines, sale of the latter being subject to final approval by the United States Surface Transportation Board . Simultaneously, Watco committed to

1300-854: The award-winning documentary film Painted Land: in Search of the Group of Seven which was shot along the rail corridor. In 2016 the Moments of Algoma project was launched by the Algoma Kinniwabi Travel Association, inviting tourists to follow the Group of Seven's travels, experiences and expressions of the region. The driving tour begins in Bruce Mines and follows the shoreline of Lake Huron and Lake Superior as far as Nipigon. Rail passengers will find more interpretive Installations in Agawa Canyon and at

1350-509: The charter and used it as the basis for a new line running northwest from Parry Sound to Sudbury , with an additional line running from Parry Sound south to Toronto . The section running south to Toronto opened on November 6, 1906. The northern section was completed in 1908, although by this time it had been rechartered as part of the Canadian Northern Ontario Railway (CNOR). With the original plans having been dropped, and

1400-587: The charter of the Ontario, Hudson Bay and Western Railway , which was intending to build a line between the CPR main line and Hudson Bay . He then changed the name of the Algoma Central Railway to The Algoma Central and Hudson Bay Railway Company , anticipating a connection either to Moose Factory on James Bay or to some point on Hudson Bay. The Algoma Central fell victim to the bankruptcy of Clergue's Consolidated Lake Superior Company in 1903. At that time,

1450-539: The company to purchase new coaches and refurbish rolling stock for the Polar Bear Express . This decision was supported by other members of Provincial Parliament after the auditor general's review cited that it would have cost the taxpayer $ 820 million instead of saving $ 265.9 million over three years had the divestment proceeded. In December 2020, the province released the draft transportation plan for Northern Ontario which recommended continuing to move forward on

1500-609: The divestment. They indicated that the ONR provides a fundamental link to many remote and rural communities and provides freight transport to many companies, including mining and forestry, allowing them to thrive. They indicate that the government maintained its funding to the GO Transit network in Southern Ontario and it is important to not forget about the important service the ONR provides to Northern Ontario residents. In February 2014,

1550-525: The following passenger services: In June 2007 the Polar Bear Express was expanded from a seasonal excursion service to a year-round passenger train, replacing the Little Bear mixed freight/passenger train, which had operated 3 days per week. The new train carries some equipment not commonly found on passenger trains, including chain cars (flat cars) for passenger vehicles and boxcars. In April 2022

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1600-515: The government and stagnant ridership. ONR passenger train service between Toronto and Cochrane (the Northlander ) was withdrawn and replaced with an augmented bus service, and all of the corporation's assets were to be sold off. On August 16, the Ontario Government announced that Northlander train service would end on September 28, 2012, and Ontera will be sold off. Northern Ontario municipal leaders had continued to express their fears regarding

1650-548: The line reached 90 km (56 mi) north of Sault Ste. Marie, with a 32 km (20 mi) segment running east from Michipicoten Harbour that did not yet connect with the main line. Construction was stopped, but it was subsequently resumed in 1909 and the line was extended northward through to junctions with the Michipicoten Harbour branch (at Hawk Junction ), the Canadian Pacific Railway (at Franz ) and

1700-514: The longest passenger trains in North America, often up to 20 to 24 cars long. During the 1970s and 1980s, around 100,000 people per year visited Agawa Canyon. The Agawa Canyon Tour Train has continued to operate as a separate entity since 2015. The 2020 season of the Agawa Canyon tour train was cancelled due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic . During 2023 the tour train runs from early August to mid-October. In 2015, White Pine Pictures released

1750-502: The mines they served. Since 1993, the ONR operates a section of the National Transcontinental Railway running west from Cochrane to Calstock . The line was originally chartered as the Lake Nipissing And James Bay Railway in 1884. The original route ran roughly northward from Callander to Moose River on James Bay. However, in 1902, before construction started, the Canadian Northern Railway (CNoR) took over

1800-502: The municipality of Temagami began as a small request stop when the railway reached the area of the Lower and Upper Redwater Lakes. As it passed by Long Lake, near the 103 mile marker, the largest silver rush in Canada was sparked by workers looking for trees for railway ties. The town of Cobalt grew out of the fortunes of silver taken from the grounds . By 1905, it reached New Liskeard in

1850-564: The natural beauty of the District of Algoma to tourists , especially the Agawa Canyon , a canyon carved by the Agawa River , located 114 rail miles (183 km) north of Sault Ste. Marie, and not accessible by road. The Algoma Central developed a tourist stopover here and it proved to be a great success for the railway. Owing to the popularity of the Agawa Canyon excursions, the Algoma Central ran

1900-469: The new premier of Ontario, Kathleen Wynne , met with northern community leaders and the head of the company and union to discuss the future of the company. They decided the union and management would present a reconstruction plan to the government for consideration. In late February 2014 a report to restructure the ONTC was delivered to the Minister of Northern Development and Mines. The proposal detailed how

1950-450: The organization could be modernized both culturally and in job reductions through attrition. The report was well received by the minister who appreciated how management and labour come together to explore options for the corporation. In April 2014 the provincial government concluded the company would remain in public hands. However, Ontera (its telecommunication division) would be sold off to Bell Aliant . The government would reinvest in

2000-464: The passenger service with the intention to increase services and marketing. In March 2015, the Canadian government guaranteed funding of the service for an additional three years. In June of the same year, Canadian National said it would stop the service on July 15 after it was unable to make a deal with Railmark Canada. The government subsidy still stood, but a new rail operator needed to be sought by

2050-494: The phrase and Hudson Bay was not removed from the railway's name until June 30, 1965. The Algoma Central was the first Canadian railway to operate fully with diesel fuel, in 1952. The railway had been in the shipping business since 1900, when it had purchased four steamships . Starting during the 1960s, the railway greatly expanded its marine operations and diversified into trucking , real estate , forestry , and mining operations. These operations were more profitable than

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2100-406: The railway operations, and on April 30, 1990, as part of a corporate reorganization, the name of the company was changed to Algoma Central Corporation , with the Algoma Central Railway becoming one of its subsidiaries. A few years later, the Algoma Central Railway was put up for sale. On February 1, 1995, Wisconsin Central Ltd. purchased Algoma Central Railway Incorporated, operating the railway as

2150-544: The regional stakeholders group. Railmark was unable to secure a line of credit from a lending group, which hindered its ability to take over services. In 2017, the Missanabie Cree First Nation started investigating taking operational control of the line. Canadian National announced its intent in July 2020 to sell off non-core lines in the Upper Midwest as part of a rationalization programme, all of which were previously part of

2200-644: The same initials. The Ontario railway often had boxcars misdirected in the United States , while receiving invoices that should have gone to Texas . The railway's name was changed to the Ontario Northland Railway on April 5, 1946, when a bill amending the Temiskaming and Northern Ontario Railway Act received assent. Three new mines were opened in Northern Ontario in the 1960s. Sherman Mine in Temagami

2250-482: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Algoma . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Algoma&oldid=1236155599 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Henry Schoolcraft neologisms Hidden categories: Short description

2300-435: The shield, geologists discovered deposits of valuable minerals such as gold , silver , copper and nickel . The railway also made it possible to exploit the timber resources of Northern Ontario . Its north–south mainline is located entirely in Ontario , starting at its southern terminus at North Bay , running northward through Cobalt , New Liskeard , Cochrane , and on to its northern terminus at Moosonee on

2350-414: The train station in Sault Ste. Marie. The railway is the subject of the song "Algoma Central 69" by Stompin' Tom Connors . The Agawa Canyon Tour Train has continued to operate as a separate entity since 2015. Named railway points and sidings are listed from south to north. Ontario Northland Railway The Ontario Northland Railway ( reporting mark ONT ) is a Canadian railway operated by

2400-564: Was named Moosonee , from the Cree meaning "at the moose". A name change for the railway was first proposed in 1942 by Arthur Cavanagh , who was chairman of the commission between 1940 and 1944. He noted that it would have the advantage of associating the railway with the province, not just the District of Timiskaming . A name change would also avoid confusion with the Texas and New Orleans Railway , which had

2450-543: Was opened in 1968, Adams Mine in Kirkland Lake in 1963, and Kidd Creek Mine in Timmins in 1967. The Ontario Northland Railway built spurs to serve these mines. In 1993, CN applied to abandon sections of its underused former National Transcontinental Railway mainline across northern Ontario (it had previously abandoned the portion of the line between Calstock and Nakina in 1988). The portion between Calstock and Cochrane

2500-474: Was sold to ONR. In December 2000, the Ontario government announced that it would be privatizing the railway. CN submitted a bid in March 2002, and in October the government gave it exclusive rights to negotiate a purchase of the railway. However, the deal fell through on July 2, 2003, over the government's insistence on job guarantees, and the railway remained in public hands. On February 25, 2005, CN and ONR signed

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