tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6132898085410789426.post4295842057831365564..comments2024-03-23T05:35:06.468-04:00Comments on ancestral roofs: Another Town, Another TrainAncestral Roofshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16755249835071665091noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6132898085410789426.post-74961155710609608102021-04-20T16:34:09.144-04:002021-04-20T16:34:09.144-04:00Tom, this photo is from the William Notman archive...Tom, this photo is from the William Notman archives at the McCord Museum. You can find it with an online search - the photo is no longer copyright protected, according to what I read, so you should be able to use it, and credit Notman.Imagine arriving in that open prairie at the turn of the last century!Ancestral Roofshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16755249835071665091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6132898085410789426.post-71822061226146774722021-04-20T16:14:55.553-04:002021-04-20T16:14:55.553-04:00Hi. Wondering if I can get an original copy of th...Hi. Wondering if I can get an original copy of the photo of the Indian Head Train Station in 1884 as shown in this blog. I am writing the history of a family who arrived in Indian Head from Quebec in 1906 and I would like to include this photo, which credit to the originator of the photo. This would have been the station at which they arrived. Tom Rogers rogerstomrose@gmail.comTom Rogershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11497440302369708020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6132898085410789426.post-61994206002843480432017-01-22T11:45:28.099-05:002017-01-22T11:45:28.099-05:00Sounds like a spring visit - on a Friday - is in m...Sounds like a spring visit - on a Friday - is in my future! Thanks for suggesting some beauty spots.Ancestral Roofshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16755249835071665091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6132898085410789426.post-64705439409655343952017-01-21T22:16:07.526-05:002017-01-21T22:16:07.526-05:00Oh, probably the Fraser and Second Ave. station.
T...Oh, probably the Fraser and Second Ave. station.<br />The old Peterborough train station was used by the Chamber of Commerce when my daughter was doing co-op in high school. Not sure if the Chamber is still there, but the tracks are still in place and there is talk of bringing a commuter train back through there again. The old Barry's Bay train station has it's own small park. There are historical photos and displays within. There is a magnificent old hotel across the street called the Balmoral. Both buildings are just gems. I can highly recommend a Friday afternoon visit when the farmers market is in operation.Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08592184037513559644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6132898085410789426.post-23411303174049704122017-01-06T11:32:25.906-05:002017-01-06T11:32:25.906-05:00Or was it the CPR station at Fraser and Second Ave...Or was it the CPR station at Fraser and Second Avenue? I actually worked in North Bay 1985-95, but lived out of town, so didn't spend as much time with the architecture as I would do today.Ancestral Roofshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16755249835071665091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6132898085410789426.post-85254627270693632482017-01-06T11:21:16.005-05:002017-01-06T11:21:16.005-05:00I'll have to look for the two you mention, Kar...I'll have to look for the two you mention, Karen. The North Bay photo is of the 1903 CPR station on Oak Street. When we visited in 2012, they were just finishing a park redevelopment around it. Beautiful. I'll post something more. You would have travelled from the ONR station near Northgate Square, maybe? Ancestral Roofshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16755249835071665091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6132898085410789426.post-18654707995267399902017-01-05T17:47:40.112-05:002017-01-05T17:47:40.112-05:00Two of the most beautiful train stations I've ...Two of the most beautiful train stations I've seen are in Barry's Bay and Peterborough. The train doesn't go that way anymore, but the buildings are still in good condition and in use. <br />I was up to North Bay this summer and got a photo of that train station as well. I lived in North Bay for most of the 1970s and frequently took the train to S.Ontario. For some reason I don't recognize this building, wondering if it is new?Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08592184037513559644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6132898085410789426.post-60792975994706109252017-01-01T11:01:04.633-05:002017-01-01T11:01:04.633-05:00Very nice indeed. Thank you. May 2017 see you cont...Very nice indeed. Thank you. May 2017 see you continue to chug along...with a full head of steam...staying on the right track...not being railroaded...the real McCoy...and any other railway cliche you can think of!Larry Taylerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01021911066731524641noreply@blogger.com