Steamer at Heron Bay (~1889)
Description
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Type
- Photographs
- Description
- In 1885, Heron Bay was known as Heron Bay Subdivision, and was primarily used to supply locomotives with fuel. The steamer would fit between the shore and CPR Island (Coal Island), north of the Pic River mouth. Here the first steam locomotive on the spur line would be unloaded. This locomotive was then used on the mainline between the big rivers, to haul supplies for the construction crews. Coal would eventually be delivered from the spur line to the coal docks along the main line.
- Date of Original
- 1889
- Subject(s)
- Local identifier
- M&DHS: 5b
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 48.6668 Longitude: -86.28321
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- Copyright Statement
- Copyright status unknown. Responsibility for determining the copyright status and any use rests exclusively with the user.
- Contact
- Marathon District Museum & Historical SocietyEmail:marathonmuseum@gmail.com
Website:
Agency street/mail address:25 Stevens Avenue
Marathon, Ontario
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