74-485: Spencerville may refer to: Places [ edit ] Spencerville, Ontario , Canada Spencerville, New Zealand United States [ edit ] Spencerville, Indiana Spencerville, Maryland Spencerville Adventist Academy , Maryland Spencerville, New Mexico Spencerville, Ohio Spencerville, Oklahoma Other uses [ edit ] Spencerville (novel) , by Nelson DeMille Spencerville,
148-586: A timber slide at the Chaudière Falls, moved only a few kilometres, and then un-boomed and hoisted up to the top of the hills near where the French embassy stands today. Even with this infusion of cash there was not enough money; further funds were eventually raised from the towns along the proposed routes, which would be paid to the railway as a bonus on completion. These bonuses were highly controversial, as they were raised by local taxes. These bonuses were used by
222-570: A blacksmith. From 2004 until 2014, the community held an annual Christmas event called ‘A Country Christmas Remembered’. The event celebrated old-fashioned Christmas or winter traditions. During the event, volunteers decorated the village's mill and old homes in a manner typical of 1930s-era rural villages around Christmas. Events varied from year to year, but included horse-drawn carriage rides, family skating, and craft shows. Beginning in June 2004, Spencerville also began hosting another new annual event,
296-405: A carding and fulling mill to the north bank of the river. In 1859, a fire destroyed all three of the mills. David Spencer, who was apparently in poor health, was both unable and unwilling to rebuild the mills and sold the property to his daughter in 1862. Around 1864 a man named Robert Fairbairn, the son-in-law of David Spencer, rebuilt the stone grist mill. Fairbairn operated the rebuilt mill with
370-466: A grist mill. While operated by the Barnards, the mill underwent several upgrades: the wooden dam was replaced by a concrete dam, the steam engine was replaced with a gasoline engine, and the waterwheel was replaced by a turbine in 1934. In the 1950s, a store operated from the mill selling farm supplies such as fertilizer or grain, as well as hardware. In 1972, the mill ceased operations permanently. The mill
444-412: A number of gravel and lumber cars. On 21 June the railway carried its first official passengers between Prescott and Spencerville , at a price of three York Shillings each way. On 8 July two additional locomotives, freight 4-4-0's "St. Lawrence" and "Ottawa", together with several gravel cars, were brought over the river. On 10 August the line reached Kemptville. Passenger service from Bytown opened at
518-407: A pharmacy, and a cheese factory. Spencerville is currently home to one elementary school, Centennial '67 Public School. For secondary education, students in the area commute to high schools in nearby Kemptville or Prescott. Spencerville was a designated school section by 1822, number fifteen in the township. The first school in the village was built in 1827 on land belonging to David Spencer and
592-506: A railway connecting Montréal to Toronto, which would form as the Grand Trunk Railway in 1852. It was expected these lines would pass along the north shore of the St. Lawrence, through Prescott. Former Bytown mayor and cabinet minister Richard William Scott recalled that in early 1850, he and Edward McGillivray (Ottawa's second mayor) discussed the need for a rail connection of Bytown with
666-597: A repair depot. An extension of this spur to allow the O-Train access to the main terminal has been considered on and off on many occasions. The rails currently continue south to the border of the airport lands at Leitrim Road. South of the current terminus, starting at Leitrim Road, the railbed forms the Osgoode Link Pathway, running south about 20 kilometres (12 miles). to the town of Osgoode. The railbed south of Osgoode to Kemptville , about 15 kilometres (9.3 miles) away,
740-407: A sore point for operations and suffered numerous closures. A second bridge was built over the winter of 1865-66 and the three masonry piers were rebuilt. The old bridge was removed before the spring run off in 1866. The new bridge also added a pedestrian walkway. A third wooden frame bridge was erected during the winter of 1874-1875 and opened on 2 April 1875. One early source of income for the line
814-483: A steam engine, which allowed the mill to operate even when water levels were low in the river. In 1882, Fairbairn's son became the owner of the mill. In 1886, the building was gutted by fire and the interior was reconstructed within the original walls. The mill changed hands several times between the 1880s and 1903. In 1903, the Barnard family became in possession of the mill, who held onto it until its closure operating it as
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#1732854649686888-587: A village subsequently grew around. By 1821, the Spencer family had constructed a sawmill and gristmill to replace the first mill, and in 1837 they constructed an inn and tavern called the Victoria Hotel. In 1831, David Spencer, the son of Peleg, became the owner of the mills and is generally credited as being the founder of the village. By the 1850s, Spencerville had a population of around 250 individuals and numerous pioneer tradespeople and businesses were operating from
962-749: Is a brick church located on Centre Street. Prior to becoming the Spencerville United Church, the Methodist church in Spencerville was a Wesleyan-Methodist church. The first Methodist church was located where the masonic lodge currently sits and was built around 1845 for the Wesleyan-Methodist congregation. In 1871, the church was relocated to the current site of the United Church, and the building replaced with construction finishing in 1872. In 1925,
1036-465: Is a non-denominational cemetery located along Goodin Road. It is unknown when burials first took place at this location. Some of the oldest legible stones date from around the 1820s. This cemetery is currently maintained by a board of volunteers and remains in use. St. Andrew's Presbyterian Cemetery is located on the land surrounding the village's Presbyterian church. This burial ground was established in 1835,
1110-407: Is accompanied by a cemetery. The first Presbyterian church was established in 1835 and was constructed of logs. This church was replaced two years later, in 1837, by a stone structure. The third church replaced the second in 1876 as the former church had become too small. The third church was built of cut stone and had a capacity of 450 individuals. The third church was gutted by fire in 1974, with only
1184-543: Is an annual event, organized by the Spencerville Agricultural Society, which takes place on the second weekend in September. In 1854, the agricultural society was established, and the first fair was organized and held a year later in 1855. The fair began as an agricultural show, exhibiting items and events relating to agriculture such as equipment or livestock. The fair has been held in the same location since
1258-463: Is currently home to three active churches. Within the village, there is a Roman Catholic, Presbyterian, and a United Church; these churches are known as St. Laurence O’Toole, St. Andrew's Knox, and Spencerville United, respectively. Prior to the construction of St. Laurence O’Toole Church, Spencerville's Roman Catholic congregation was served by the Prescott parish. In 1882, the congregation began planning
1332-591: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Spencerville, Ontario Spencerville is a rural community located in Eastern Ontario , within Edwardsburgh/Cardinal township in the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville . The village lies about 80 kilometers southwest of downtown Ottawa on Highway 416 . The South Nation River runs through
1406-613: Is not currently part of the Pathway. The line formerly became active again at a highway maintenance depot in Kemptville, and ran the short 2 kilometres (1.2 miles) distance south to the CPR lines (the former Ontario and Quebec Railway ), before being taken up during the summer of 2014. The town of Kemptville was formed, in part, in order to escape paying the bonuses for construction of the B&;P promised by
1480-457: Is the Montreal & Ottawa Railway , now CPR's M&O Subdivision. Just south of the original Chaudière Junction is a new wye that leads to Walkley Yard , a new freight switching yard. Here is the text of a plaque erected in the town of Prescott, as it read in 2004: "This company, incorporated in 1850, built a railway from Prescott to Bytown (Ottawa) for the shipment of lumber and farm products to
1554-591: Is the Spencerville Mill, a stone gristmill on the site of the Spencer family's original mill. The village is known for its annual fair held every September called the Spencerville Fair . The fair has been an annual community event since the 19th century. Spencerville was first settled at the start of the 1800s when a man named Peleg Spencer established a mill along the South Nation River in 1811, which
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#17328546496861628-758: The Carleton University campus. Since 2020, several sections of the Trillium Line were removed during the Stage 2 expansion to allow for twinning the tracks. The section south from Greenboro is now used as a busway, providing connections to the Ottawa Macdonald–Cartier International Airport and Leitrim Station . Plans to extend the O-Train Trillium Line along this route were shelved in 2006, but continue to be examined. As part of
1702-562: The Quebec, Montreal, Ottawa and Occidental Railway lines to Montreal and Aylmer. The station became Ottawa West Station , and a large freight switching yard opened to the north along Nepean Bay on the LeBreton Flats . These plans were put astray when the bridge over the canal near Billings was itself rendered unsafe and traffic on the Chaudière branch was closed on 5 September 1882. All traffic
1776-660: The Saint Lawrence River , in the Province of Canada . The company was incorporated in 1850, and the first train ran from Prescott into Bytown on Christmas Day, 1854. 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 . Bytown became Ottawa in 1855, and
1850-559: The "contemplated trunk which was to unite Montreal and Toronto". This compelled Scott to prepare a petition asking for an act incorporating a company to construct a railway between Bytown and Prescott. The charter was obtained the following month in August 1850, and a meeting of the promoters was held in the Town Hall at the Lower Town Market , where Robert Bell , later to become secretary of
1924-494: The 16th. However, the bridge over the Rideau south of Green Island , from the eastern New Edinburgh side of the river to the downtown area, was not completed at this time. The original (Bytown) Sussex Street Station, was located at what is today External Affairs' Lester B. Pearson Building . The station had opened in late December 1854 or early January 1855, although the trains did not yet reach this point. There were numerous spurs in
1998-572: The 416 terminus outside Prescott. Short portions in the Ottawa area remain in use for a variety of services, most notably the O-Train Trillium Line . Bytowners had been promoting their town as the capital of Canada since the 1840s. At the time the town's only connections with the world were via dirt road, the Ottawa River to Montreal and the Rideau Waterway to Kingston . The Ottawa River
2072-650: The Bytown government to take out loans: $ 60,000 in 1851 and $ 200,000 in 1853. The endpoints of the railway were effectively selected before surveying began; the southern terminus would be at the docks in Prescott, while the northern end would be in New Edinburgh. Between these two points was considerable swampland, and Shanly had to wait until winter froze the ground to survey a route. With two assistants, Shanly walked out three possible routes in March 1851. A route through Kemptville
2146-513: The Chaudière Falls. Initial purchases of stock were slow, far too small to pay for construction. Thomas McKay offered to buy a considerable proportion of the shares in exchange for moving the northern terminus to industrial land he owned in New Edinburgh , further down the Ottawa River. This location was not nearly as practical for logging, as it required logs to be formed into booms to transit
2220-468: The Roman Catholic Church. One of the most notable pieces of architecture in the village of Spencerville is the stone mill, located along the South Nation River. The mill is considered an important historical structure, as the mill's construction was largely responsible for the village's settlement, and remained the economic backbone of the community for much of its early history. The first mill
2294-550: The Veterans Memorial Highland Games, featuring highland games, piping and drumming, and other events. Ernest Michael McSorley , last captain of the ill-fated laker-type freighter SS Edmund Fitzgerald , born in Spencerville September 29, 1912. Bytown and Prescott Railway The Bytown and Prescott Railway ( B&PR ) was a railway joining Ottawa (then called Bytown ) with Prescott on
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2368-422: The alignment for a short distance before turning north to cross the Ottawa River. Several portions of the line are still in use. In Ottawa, the O-Train Trillium Line uses the original B&PR route north from Greenboro Station , following the route to the Chaudière Falls area, and ending at Bayview Station . Bayview is some distance to the west of the original Broad Street Station. The line originally curved to
2442-589: The area, as well as across the river on the New Edinburgh side. The actual date of arrival of the first train is in doubt. There is considerable oral history stating that the St. Lawrence arrived at Sussex on Christmas Day 1854, with Robert Graham as engineer and Mike Mahar as fireman. However, there are also published accounts stating that the trains still stopped at Montreal Road on that same day, and passengers were carried to Sussex on horse drawn cabs. According to Scott, it wasn't until April 1855 that "the first train crossed
2516-523: The bridge over the Rideau River to the station at Sussex Street". One persistent rumour about the railway is that the company once again ran out of money just after reaching Billings, and the rest of the rails were initially laid as "snakeheads", wooden beams capped with iron. This was ostensibly done in order to reach the town in time for the Christmas Day opening. However, rails for the entire length of
2590-526: The company, was meeting secretary. John McKinnon was chosen as president, and Walter Shanly was appointed engineer. Bell was the owner of what would become the Ottawa Citizen . At the northern end of the proposed route, the natural location for the terminus would be just upstream of the Chaudière Falls , where logs could be loaded directly off the river onto trains. Only a few hundred meters upstream
2664-445: The congregation amalgamated with other Methodist denominations to become a United church. In 1929, the current church was constructed on the same site as the former church, which was demolished. As of 2016, this church is still in use. St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, also known as St. Andrew's Knox, is located along County Road 44 in the village. The current church structure is the fourth church building erected on that site. The church
2738-403: The construction of their own church within the village. Construction began the following year, 1883, and by February 1884 the church was formally opened. A rectory and parish hall were built beside the church and in 1888, a burial ground was added. Although the rectory still stands, the parish hall was demolished in the 1980s. As of 2016, this church is still in use. The Spencerville United Church
2812-549: The east just south of Bayview Station, a route that can still be seen in the layout of roads and buildings in the area. The Trillium Line runs under the Canal where Dow's Lake narrows towards the canal again, whereas the spur formerly ran over it at a location just south of Dow's Lake . The original route can easily be seen as the smoothly curving line of trees just west of the Lake, running southeast out of Carling Station and continuing through
2886-472: The end of the month, starting with a steamer ride down the Rideau Canal to Beckett's Landing, then a short distance by stage coach to the station in Kemptville. Regular service opened on 9 September. By 4 November the line had reached (South) Gloucester and the passenger route now started with a stage coach to what became Manotick Station. The line reached Billings Bridge on 2 December, and Montreal Road on
2960-467: The exterior wall surviving. The fourth and current church was rebuilt two years after the fire within the original wall. A basement was added to the new building during construction and in 1977 the steeple was replaced. As of 2016, this church is still in use. There are three cemeteries located within the village of Spencerville: Spencerville Union Cemetery, St. Laurence O’Toole's Cemetery, and St. Andrew's Presbyterian Cemetery. Spencerville Union Cemetery
3034-645: The fictional location of children's television program Hallo Spencer See also [ edit ] All pages with titles containing Spencerville Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Spencerville . 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=Spencerville&oldid=1002928612 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
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3108-718: The line became the Prescott Subdivision , with the original alignment between Chaudière Junction and the Sussex Street Station becoming the Sussex Street Subdivision . In January 1882, CP officials, including Van Horne, inspected the line and decided to switch away from the Sussex Street station to Broad Street, where CP was consolidating lines of the Canada Central Railway to Carleton Place and
3182-400: The line had already been bought and paid for, arriving months earlier. There is no reason for snakeheads to have been laid, and no documentary evidence from the era to back up the claim. This particular story traces back to the 1894 book " Railways and Other Ways " by Myles Pennington. Other authors speculate that Pennington was actually referring to a wooden causeway of the same length far to
3256-399: The lines. The outcome of this dispute is not recorded, but the telegraph was in operation when the railway opened. Laying the rails began on 24 April 1854, starting in the Prescott yards. By May the main lines were being run. On 9 May the first steam locomotive for the line reached Ogdensburg. This was an 0-4-0 switcher, named "Oxford", that shipped across the river on the 19th, along with
3330-420: The markets of the northeastern United States and Montreal. Substantial funds were raised at Bytown, Prescott and other municipalities along the line. In 1851, Walter Shanly, Chief Engineer, started construction, and a train first ran from Prescott to Bytown on Christmas Day, 1854. The railway, renamed the Ottawa and Prescott in 1855, was the first to serve the nation's future capital, giving it access at Prescott to
3404-402: The new Broad Street Station close to the current City Center Ave and Albert St. This spur followed the original planned B&PR route quite closely, finally providing freight service upstream from the Chaudière Falls at Nepean Bay. The Canadian Pacific Railway began to examine the St. Lawrence and Ottawa as early 1881 and a formal 999-year lease was signed on 26 September 1884. The majority of
3478-648: The original plans, a large parking lot was constructed some distance to the south of the Airport, acting as a suburban collector point. Customers using this lot currently have to use the busway to the end of the O-Train lot, adding considerable time to their journey. In terms of serving the airport itself, a spur at Lester Road continues to be used to supply freight cars to the National Research Council buildings. The O-Train Trillium Line has also used this spur as
3552-461: The outskirts of the village. In the 1850s, the Bytown and Prescott Railway was laid through the village, which led to the construction of a train station. At the end of the 1800s, Spencerville's population had risen to 350 and several new businesses were established. A third church was constructed in the 1880s, and around the 1890s new businesses included a bakery, millinery, a harness shop, dressmaker,
3626-599: The post-war era, the National Capital Commission wanted to abandon many of the lines in the downtown area as part of their efforts to beautify the city. These plans included the removal of most of the industrial areas around the Byward Market area, and the closure of many of the existing rail lines throughout the city. The section of the Sussex Sub from Beechwood Avenue to Sussex was last used on 15 June 1964, and
3700-491: The railway changed its name to match, becoming the Ottawa and Prescott Railway ( O&PR ). The operating company went bankrupt and re-formed in 1866 as the St. Lawrence and Ottawa Railway . The line was eventually taken over in 1884 by Canadian Pacific Railway who used it as a link between Ottawa and their mainlines along the St. Lawrence. Other routes, notably the Canada Central Railway running only 20 kilometres (12 mi) to
3774-464: The raising to funds to pay the debts. City council had been indebted for $ 60,000 in 1851 and $ 200,000 in 1853. In 1865, the property of the company was foreclosed in a Toronto auction at a huge loss, and money invested by towns was lost. The company re-formed as the St. Lawrence and Ottawa Railway in 1867. On 13 December 1871 the new company completed a spur that ran northwest from a location south of Billings Bridge christened "Chaudière Junction", to
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#17328546496863848-440: The river widened on the southern bank, forming a wide area of calm water with the small inlet of Nepean Bay in the southeastern corner. On the eastern side of the bay was a large area of flat land known as LeBreton Flats (now the name of the entire area), perfect for a railway yard. This area had originally been selected for the Rideau Canal, but a land swindle led to it being moved to a far less advantageous location downstream from
3922-565: The route was prepared and various rivers and streams fully bridged by wooden trestles. The first half of the rail shipment had arrived in the fall of 1853 and the second in the spring of 1854. At this point an odd dispute broke out between the railway and the Grand Trunk Telegraph Company, which had laid poles along the route. The railway sent out men to cut down the poles, claiming that the Telegraph did not obtain permission to use
3996-403: The same year the first log church was established on that site. The cemetery is currently maintained by the church and is still in use. St. Laurence O’Toole's Cemetery is a Roman Catholic cemetery located behind St. Laurence O’Toole's Church on Centre Street. The cemetery was established in 1883, and the first burial took place in 1888. This cemetery is currently still in use and is maintained by
4070-434: The second annual fair, off of Sloan and Ryan Street. Into the 1900s, the fair began to offer events and entertainment unrelated to agriculture in addition to its agricultural events. As of the 2000s, the fair has a parade, a midway, and an entertainment tent which serves as an outdoor bar and concert venue. Other events and attractions vary from year to year, but in recent years have included helicopter rides, petting zoos, and
4144-585: The section from Beechwood to Hurdman Junction on 15 June 1966. These sections were later used to form the Vanier Parkway between Highway 417 and Beechwood, with the short section north of Beechwood having run through what is today the New Edinburgh Park. The piers that carried the bridge across the river are still visible, although some of them are under the Park grounds after backfilling. King Edward Ave. uses
4218-443: The south of Ottawa. Although the story was known to be false even at that time, it continues to be repeated in new works, as recently as Donald Wilson's book from 1984, "The Ontario and Quebec Railway". In April, only a few months after the line opened, the bridge over the Rideau was damaged by ice and the station was cut off. It may be the re-opening of the bridge that Scott refers to as the "first train". The bridge continued to be
4292-483: The town of Oxford Mills , a few kilometres to the southwest. The lines meet in a large Y junction, the former straight-line route across the CPR lines no longer evident. The rails continue south of the CRP, serving a large quarry about 1 km south of the lines on Beach Road, and then continuing another 5 km south to Oxford Station where they feed a highway maintenance depot. The section from Chaudière Junction to Hurdman
4366-419: The township of Edwardsburgh/Cardinal. Formerly, Centennial ‘67 served students in kindergarten and grades one through eight. Around 2008, the area school board made numerous changes to area schools, which included moving grades 7 and 8 from Centennial ’67 to South Grenville District High School. As of the 2009 school year, Centennial ’67 only serves students from kindergarten through to grade six. Spencerville
4440-401: The upper level. As overcrowding was still a concern, some elementary students attended classes in the old town hall until a fire destroyed the building in 1948. Continuation school classes ran until 1954 when students were transported to Prescott, Kemptville, or other nearby towns for high school. S.S. #15 remained open as an elementary school until 1967 when Centennial ’67 Public School opened in
4514-430: The village as well as 2 churches, a school, and a post office. Mid-century, the village was home to three general stores, three shoemakers, three carriage shops, two inns, a cooperage, a tannery, a blacksmithing shop, as well as a carpenter, doctor, and tailor. The Spencer family had three mills in operation: a grist and oat mill, a sawmill, and a fulling and carding mill. In addition, an oat, grist, and sawmill operated on
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#17328546496864588-403: The village. David Spencer is the founder of the village and the village is named after him. Spencer's father built the first mill there in 1811 which inspired further settlement, and a village gradually grew surrounding the property. Spencerville is a historical village with many old houses, churches, farms, cemeteries, and other buildings dating back to the 1800s. The most notable old structure
4662-437: The village. The building was used for various commercial purposes before being converted into apartments in the 1990s. Centennial ’67 Public School was constructed in 1967 along Henderson Street, off of County Road 44. The rectangular, brick school has multiple classrooms and was a modern replacement for the one-room schoolhouses in the village and the surrounding area. The school is one of three active elementary schools located in
4736-464: The west, provided shorter runs to the Toronto area, and several direct routes to Montreal were already available. The Ottawa and Prescott saw decreasing use, and rails were eventually pulled up starting in 1966. The railway's right of way parallels Highway 416 for much of its length, and is easily visible from the ground and air. It is particularly prominent where it passes under Highway 401 just west of
4810-504: Was a major route for the shipping of logs from the interior of Upper Canada , especially the areas now part of Algonquin Park , to Quebec City where they were loaded on ships for sales in Europe. The first mention of a rail link to the St. Lawrence River dates to 1848, Railways were developing in the United States at this point, and there were plans for a line to Ogdensburg, New York , directly opposite Prescott. There were also talks about
4884-419: Was chosen. In September 1851, a contract to clear the land was offered to French & Co., and Shanly had already advertised for certain sections of the grading. Ground was broken with great fanfare on 9 October 1851, starting with a parade. In 1852, the company acquired land, ordered rails and other materials, and started to clear and grade the route. But it was slow work, and it was not until early 1854 that
4958-458: Was erected on the site of the current mill around 1811, by Peleg Spencer. The first mill is thought to have closed in 1814 when it disappeared from maps and records. In 1821, the Spencer family replaced the mill with a saw and a grist mill on the south bank of the river. The mills became the property of Peleg's son, David, in 1822. Around 1833, the mills were replaced by a stone building. By the 1850s, David Spencer began to expand his operation, adding
5032-473: Was given a new lease on life due to it being a convenient location for inbound coal shipments, as well as the newly opened sawmills which provided cut lumber downstream from Chaudière. In 1898 the Ottawa and New York Railway was about to open service when their original plans to lease lines into Ottawa along the Canada Atlantic Railway to Union Station in the downtown fell through. A new agreement
5106-511: Was handled through Sussex Street until October 1883. On 24 August 1885, passenger service was transferred to Broad Street, leaving Sussex providing freight services only. This led to a series of back and forth measures while the city tried to keep the Sussex station in use. The Rideau bridge was once again re-built and opened on 10 June 1889, this time having been raised in an attempt to fix problems with ice, although these proved to be futile. The station
5180-477: Was known as S.S. #15. This school was replaced in 1849 by a one-room stone schoolhouse located northwest of Goodin Road and County Road 44. In 1872, S.S. #15 was replaced a third time by a two-room stone structure to compensate for overcrowding. A second floor was added in 1899 to serve the older students as a continuation school. Another addition was added in 1914 which allowed the school to house three elementary school classes downstairs and two continuation classes in
5254-577: Was previously used by both CPR's Sussex Sub, and CNR's Beachburg Sub ran beside it. The Beachburg Sub rails are still used, connecting to the Chaudière line at a new junction. A spur from the original alignment of the Chaudière Junction was used for a short time, but was pulled up some time between 1991 and 1999. The Beachburg Sub leads to the Ottawa Train Station , which took over passenger services for Ottawa in 1966. Leading east from this point
5328-570: Was purchased by the South Nation Conservation Authority in 1985 and is presently owned and cared for by the Spencerville Mill Foundation which is a volunteer organization. Since 1985, the mill had undergone several restoration projects and has been converted into a museum illustrating the history of the mill. The mill now hosts community or private events such as weddings or small concerts. The Spencerville Fair
5402-402: Was quickly arranged with CP, and passenger service returned to Sussex on 29 July 1898. The O&NYR used the station until 1 October 1901, although the bridge continued to be a problem and yet another was built in 1900, this time of steel. This finally solved the problems. CP's original plans to close Sussex Street fell by the wayside, and it continued to be used right through World War II . In
5476-404: Was the construction of Parliament Hill . Stones for the buildings were quarried outside of Cleveland, Ohio , and shipped to Ottawa through Prescott on a scheduled train that ran every day for three years. On 7 May 1860 the Sussex station buildings caught fire, burning to the ground along with numerous freight cars. Following its completion, financial difficulties ensued leading to decisions for
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