Toronto, Grey and Bruce Railway
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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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The County of Grey
The City of Owen Sound
In a park on the northeast corner of
1st Avenue West and 8th Street West
Also recorded for this place: The County of Grey
N 44 33.840 W 80 56.685
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February 2, 2011
What a great man. One of many Canada can be justifiably proud.