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- Ottawa,_Arnprior_and_Parry_Sound_Railway abstract "The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway, or OA&PS, is a historic Canadian railway that operated in central and eastern Ontario from 1897 until 1959. It was, for a time, the busiest railway route in Canada, carrying both timber and wood products from today's Algonquin Provincial Park areas, as well as up to 40% of the grain traffic from the Canadian west from Depot Harbour at Parry Sound through to the St. Lawrence River valley.The railway was built by John Rudolphus Booth, a 19th-century Canadian lumber baron and entrepreneur, who owned considerable timber rights in the Algonquin area as well as a major sawmill in downtown Ottawa. To open markets for the mill's products he purchased Donald Macdonald's lines and formed the Canada Atlantic Railway (CAR) from Ottawa to Vermont. To supply the mills, the OA&PS shipped timber in from across central Ontario. Together, the OA&PS and CAR allowed through shipment from the Canadian west to the US eastern seaboard areas. The lines were amalgamated under the CAR marque in 1899, and sold to the Grand Trunk Railway in 1905.Use of the OA&PS fell dramatically with the rapid stripping of most of the useful timber from the Algonquin area. Traffic was further reduced with the 1932 opening of the widened Welland Canal that allowed lakers to bypass trans-shipping points on Georgian Bay, along with the dramatic decrease in grain prices and trade during the Great Depression. The trestle bridge between Cache Lake and Lake of Two Rivers closed in 1933 due to safety concerns and was not re-built. Both ends of the now-separated line continued in use for some time; the western section between Parry Sound and Cache Lake ended services in 1952, while the eastern section saw use in some locations until 1959.Its route through Algonquin Provincial Park saw it play an important role in the park's development of the tourist industry, with a large station and the Highland Inn on Cache Lake being a focal point of the park though the 1910s and 20s. Sections through the Park now form an expanding group of rail trails used mostly for cycling. Outside the park the line forms various rail trails including the Park-to-Park Trail, Seguin Trail, and others.".
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- Ottawa,_Arnprior_and_Parry_Sound_Railway wikiPageWikiLinkText "Canada Atlantic Railway".
- Ottawa,_Arnprior_and_Parry_Sound_Railway wikiPageWikiLinkText "OA&PS".
- Ottawa,_Arnprior_and_Parry_Sound_Railway wikiPageWikiLinkText "Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway".
- Ottawa,_Arnprior_and_Parry_Sound_Railway endYear "1959".
- Ottawa,_Arnprior_and_Parry_Sound_Railway hqCity Ottawa.
- Ottawa,_Arnprior_and_Parry_Sound_Railway locale Ontario.
- Ottawa,_Arnprior_and_Parry_Sound_Railway marks "OA&PS".
- Ottawa,_Arnprior_and_Parry_Sound_Railway railroadName "Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway".
- Ottawa,_Arnprior_and_Parry_Sound_Railway startYear "1897".