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Gananoque Station
Gananoque railway station in Gananoque, Ontario, Canada is served by Via Rail trains running from Toronto to Ottawa and Montreal. The station is an unstaffed but heated shelter. Railway services As of June 2020, Gananoque station is served by 1 domestic route (with connections). Departures have been reduced to 2 trains per day due to the coronavirus pandemic (effective June 3, 2020). * No local service is provided between Ottawa and Fallowfield, or Guildwood and Toronto on these trains. History Gananoque Junction was originally served by two railways: the Grand Trunk Montréal-Toronto mainline and the Thousand Islands Railway, an 8 km (five mile) short line railway that led to the waterfront. A mainline station also once existed in Lansdowne but was torn down soon after CN abandoned service to the village, in 1966. The rail junction was relocated to the current station location in 1901 while timber shipments to Gananoque's docks were declining and tourism on the lin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gananoque, ON
Gananoque ( ) is a town in the Leeds and Grenville area of Ontario, Canada. The town had a population of 5,383 year-round residents in the 2021 Canadian Census, as well as summer residents sometimes referred to as "Islanders" because of the Thousand Islands in the Saint Lawrence River, Gananoque's most important tourist attraction. The Gananoque River flows through the town and the St. Lawrence River serves as the southern boundary of the town. Pronunciation The town's name is an aboriginal name which means "town on two rivers". The town's name rhymes with the place name ''Cataraqui'', which appears in the Cataraqui River, the Little Cataraqui Creek, and the Cataraqui Cemetery in nearby Kingston, Ontario. One way to remember its pronunciation is "The right way, the wrong way, and the Gananoque". In eastern Ontario speech, the town name is often abbreviated to ''Gan''. History Colonel Joel Stone, who served with Loyalist militia during the American Revolutionary War, e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
