Toronto, Grey and Bruce Railway

There are two plaques about this railway.
The first is in the County of Dufferin.
The second is in the County of Grey.
Both can be seen on this page.

Photo by Alan L Brown - Posted July, 2004

Photo Source - Wikipedia

Plaque Location

The County of Dufferin
The Town of Orangeville
At the intersection of Townline and Mill Street
across from the GO Orangeville Station

Coordinates: N 43 54.833 W 80 05.452

Plaque Text

This pioneer railway was chartered in 1868 and the first sod was turned at Weston on October 5, 1869, by Prince Arthur, third son of Queen Victoria. Constructed under direction of chief engineer Edmund Wragge, the main line from Toronto to Owen Sound was completed in 1873 and a branch line from present-day Fraxa to Teeswater was finished about a year later. Freight and passenger service was begun on the section from Toronto to Orangeville in September 1871, and from Orangeville to Owen Sound in August, 1873. The original choice of narrow-gauge track proved ill-advised and standard gauge track was laid, 1881-83. The line was leased to the Ontario and Quebec Railway in 1883 and absorbed by the C.P.R. the following year.

Photo by Alan L Brown - Posted June, 2005

Photo by contributor Wayne Adam - Posted October, 2011

Plaque Location

The County of Grey
The City of Owen Sound
Along an unnamed road, west of the old train station
at 1st Avenue East and 12th Street East

Coordinates: N 44 34.357 W 80 56.560

Plaque Text

This pioneer railway was chartered in 1868 and the first sod was turned at Weston on October 5, 1869, by Prince Arthur, third son of Queen Victoria. Constructed under direction of chief engineer Edmund Wragge, the main line from Toronto to Owen Sound was completed in 1873 and a branch line from a point near Orangeville to Teeswater was finished about a year later. Freight and passenger service was begun on the section from Toronto to Orangeville in September 1871, and from Orangeville to Owen Sound in August, 1873. The original choice of narrow-gauge track proved ill-advised and standard gauge track was laid, 1881-83. The line was leased to the Ontario and Quebec Railway in 1883 and absorbed by the C.P.R. the following year.

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