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- Track_gauge_in_Canada abstract "The first railway in British North America, the Champlain and St. Lawrence Railroad, was built in the mid-1830s to 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) track gauge. This was followed by the Albion Colliery tramway in 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) and the Montreal and Lachine Railroad in 4 ft 9 in (1,448 mm). However the promoters of St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad, (intended to connect Montreal to the ice-free port at Portland, Maine) decided to use 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm), setting a precedent for the colony for several decades. The first section from Longueuil to St. Hyacinthe opened in 1847 and at the end of that year there were 30 miles (48 km) of broad gauge and 22 miles (35 km) of standard gauge in Canada. Following a Royal Commission, in 1851 the 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge was adopted by the Province of Canada (present day Ontario and Quebec) as the standard gauge and government subsidies were unavailable for railways that chose other gauges. Well-known colonial systems such as the Grand Trunk Railway and Great Western Railway, along with the Intercolonial Railway, European and North American Railway and Nova Scotia Railway later expanded the use of broad gauge. By 1860 there were 1,706 miles (2,746 km) of broad gauge and 176 miles (283 km) of standard gauge.".
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- Track_gauge_in_Canada wikiPageWikiLink Longueuil.
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- Track_gauge_in_Canada wikiPageWikiLink Niagara_Falls_Suspension_Bridge.
- Track_gauge_in_Canada wikiPageWikiLink Nova_Scotia_Railway.
- Track_gauge_in_Canada wikiPageWikiLink Ontario.
- Track_gauge_in_Canada wikiPageWikiLink Portland,_Maine.
- Track_gauge_in_Canada wikiPageWikiLink Province_of_Canada.
- Track_gauge_in_Canada wikiPageWikiLink Quebec.
- Track_gauge_in_Canada wikiPageWikiLink Saint-Hyacinthe,_Quebec.
- Track_gauge_in_Canada wikiPageWikiLink St._Lawrence_and_Atlantic_Railroad.
- Track_gauge_in_Canada wikiPageWikiLink Toronto.
- Track_gauge_in_Canada wikiPageWikiLink Toronto_Street_Railway.
- Track_gauge_in_Canada wikiPageWikiLink Toronto_Transit_Commission.
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- Track_gauge_in_Canada wikiPageWikiLink Transshipment.
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- Track_gauge_in_Canada subject Category:Rail_infrastructure_in_Canada.
- Track_gauge_in_Canada subject Category:Track_gauges_by_country.
- Track_gauge_in_Canada comment "The first railway in British North America, the Champlain and St. Lawrence Railroad, was built in the mid-1830s to 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) track gauge. This was followed by the Albion Colliery tramway in 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) and the Montreal and Lachine Railroad in 4 ft 9 in (1,448 mm). However the promoters of St.".
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