Mattawa station is a disused Canadian Pacific Railway train station in Mattawa, Ontario, Canada.[1]
Mattawa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Train at Mattawa station in 1892 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Park Street, Mattawa, Ontario, Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 46°18′42″N 78°42′12″W / 46.311607°N 78.703289°W | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opening | 1881 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Closed | 1990 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1890s | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The railroad was built to Mattawa in 1881[2] A railway line from Mattawa to Témiscaming, Quebec opened in 1923,[3]
Mattawa was located on the Canadian Pacific Railway's Chalk River subdivision, connecting Smiths Falls and North Bay. The route was later leased to Ottawa Valley Railway, and part of it was abandoned and torn up.
References
edit- ^ "Mattawa Train Station". Ontario Abandoned Places. Retrieved 2021-07-26.
- ^ "Canadian Heritage Rivers System: Mattawa River fact sheet, Ministry of Natural Resources". Archived from the original on 2008-06-24.
- ^ Riopel, Marc. "L'arrivée du chemin de fer au Témiscamingue, en 1923". Encyclobec. (in French). Retrieved 2021-07-26.
External links
edit- "Ontario Railway Stations: Mattawa". Canada-Rail.com. Photo of the station in 1979