| Year |
AER Event |
AER Customer or Local Event |
Outside Event |
| 1884 |
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Mineral occurrences at the Elsie and Worthington mine sites located
by Francis Charles Crean |
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1885
Nov. 7 |
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Mineral occurrence at the Crean Hill mine site
located by Francis Charles Crean. |
The last spike is driven on the CPR transcontinental main line at Craigellachie
B.C |
| 1886 |
|
Creighton & Victoria mineral occurrences discovered by Henry Ranger |
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| 1888 |
Manitoulin & North Shore Railway first incorporated. |
|
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| 1892 |
|
Gertrude Mine mineral occurrence was discovered by William McVittie
and George Jackson |
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| 1899 |
|
Lake Superior Power Co. bought the Gertrude Mine
and Elsie Mines and began construction of a smelter and converter at Gertrude. |
Construction started on the The Algoma Central and Hudson
Bay Railway. |
| 1900 Mar.
Jun.
Aug. 15 |
M&NS granted federal charter.
Construction of M&NS begins in Sudbury |
|
Regular service starts over the 3'0" gauge White Pass and Yukon Railway. |
1901
May
Jul.
Aug. |
First stage completed from
Sudbury to Gertrude Mine (13.5 miles)
M&NS owned spur built south from McKerrow
on CPR Webbwood subdivision to service new Spanish River Pulp & Paper
Company mill site. Spur is leased to the CPR. |
Elsie Mine Opens.
First ore shipped from Creighton Mine. |
|
1902
Jun.
Nov. |
|
Construction of Spanish
River Pulp & Paper Company mill at Espanola started.
Gertrude Smelter completed.
Elsie Mine closed. |
|
1903
Oct. 24 |
Haight & Dickson Lumber
Company Spur (Mile 10) built. Same spur services North Star Mine |
Lake Superior Corporation
collapses (Gertrude & Elsie Mines close).
|
The National Transcontinental Railway Act is passed. |
| 1905 |
. |
Spanish River Pulp and Paper Company mill at
Espanola finished.
Crean Hill Mine opened |
|
1907
Jan. |
Construction begins on the remainder of the main
line.
First new locomotive (No. 27) purchased |
|
|
| 1910 Jul. 20 |
Construction completed to Crean Hill (Mile 22) |
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|
| 1911
May 19 |
Construction reaches Espanola.
M&NS name changed to Algoma Eastern Railway.
M&NS locomotive No. 27 changed to AER No.
50. |
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|
| 191x |
Connection to Canadian Northern built. |
|
|
1912
Sep.
Sep. 27 |
AER Locomotive No. 40 acquired.
40 Ton Boxcars 351-375 acquired from Canadian
Car & Foundry
AER Locomotive No. 51 acquired.
Pier Work Contract for Little Current swing Bridge
awarded to the Foundation Co. |
Gertrude & Elsie sold to J.J.
McFadden |
|
1913
Feb.
Apr.
May 01
Jun. 04
Sep. 15
Oct.
Oct. 01 |
AER passenger trains in
Sudbury commence departing from downtown Canadian Northern Depot.
AER Locomotive No. 52 acquired.
Construction reaches Turner (Mile 86)
First Passenger Service to Espanola
Pier Work for Little Current Swing Bridge completed.
Line to Goat Island (Turner) opened.
Little Current Swing Bridge completed and track
laid into Little Current (Mile 87.1)
First train to Sudbury from Manitoulin Island |
British American Nickel incorporated. |
|
| 1914 |
All line construction completed. |
|
World War I begins. |
| 1915 |
Inco Roast Yards at O'Donnell (Mile 17.5) opened |
|
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| 1916 |
AER Locomotives Nos. 53 & 54 acquired. |
|
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| 1917 |
Nickelton Station (Mile 4.2) Appears. |
|
|
1918 Jan.
Nov. 11 |
|
Crean Hill Mine closes.
Construction begins on British-American nickel smelter. |
World War I ends. |
| 1920 |
|
BANC smelter at Nickelton begins operation. |
|
| 1921 |
AER Locomotives Nos. 55 & 56 acquired. |
|
|
1924
Jun. |
Only head on collision in AER history takes place north of Birch Island.
AER passenger trains in Sudbury move to CPR station. |
BANC smelter closes.
British-American Nickel declares bankruptcy. |
|
| 1927 Oct. 4-19 |
CPR traffic re-routed on AER until repairs to roadbed are completed. |
Worthington Mine collapses and is abandoned. |
|
| 1928 |
Little Current Coal Dock extended 400'. |
|
|
| 1929 |
CNR interchange rebuilt and moved from Mile 1 to Mile 2.8
Two trestles north of O'onnell replaced with concrete culverts. |
Espanola Paper Mill shuts down. Loss of one train
per day |
Ontario Law passed forbidding outdoor ore roasting. |
| 1930 Jun. 01
Jun.
Sep. |
AER leased by CPR for 999 years.
Sudbury shops and yard operations closed.
CPR abandons sixteen miles between Turbine and Espanola. |
|
|
| 1932 |
Algoma Eastern Terminals Head Office moved from Sault Ste Marie to
Montreal |
|
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| 1935 |
CPR abandons line from Turbine to O'Donnell |
|
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| 1939 Sep. 3 |
|
|
World War II begins |
| 194x |
Track abandoned from O'Donnel to Gertrude |
|
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| 1943 |
Inco opens Lawson Quarry. |
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| 1945 |
|
|
World War II Ends |
| 1946 Nov. 28 |
Little Current Bridge opened to automobile traffic. |
|
|
| 195x |
Track abandoned from Gertrude to Creighton |
|
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| 1956 |
|
INCO Iron Ore Recovery Plant at Copper Cliff commences operation. |
|
| 1958 |
Algoma Eastern Railway Corporation dissolved. All undertakings
invested in CPR. |
|
|
| 1963 Mar. 30 |
Last mixed train between Sudbury and Little Current. Passenger
service to Little Current ends. |
|
|
| 1991 |
|
INCO closes Iron Ore recovery plant. Iron ore loading dock at
Turner is abandoned. |
|
| 1996 |
Little Current Subdivision identified by CPR as candidate for abandonment. |
|
|
| 1997 Jul. 29 |
Huron Central begins operation on first 2.95 miles of Little Current |
|
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| 1998 Nov. |
AER Heritage Group formed to save Little Current Spur. |
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