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The Port Arthur, Duluth and Western Railway (PADW) was a Canadian railway that operated in
Northwestern Ontario Northwestern Ontario is a secondary region of Northern Ontario in the Canadian province of Ontario which lies north and west of Lake Superior and west of Hudson Bay and James Bay. It includes most of subarctic Ontario. Its western boundary is the ...
. The PADW was built in 1889 by investors interested in extracting the mineral and timber wealth of the
Whitefish River Valley The Whitefish River Valley is located in the unorganized area of Thunder Bay District, Ontario, and is named for the Whitefish River that flows through it. The valley is home to several small communities that developed when land was opened for ho ...
, Silver Mountain Range and beyond into the
Gunflint Range The Gunflint Range is an iron ore deposit in northern Minnesota in the United States and Northwestern Ontario, Canada. The range extends from the extreme northern portion of Cook County, Minnesota into the Thunder Bay District, Ontario. The Gun ...
.Port Arthur, Duluth and Western Railway
/ref> The line originated at Port Arthur in the east, ran through Fort William and onward to the
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. The PADW was constructed with the intention of connecting to an affiliated railroad in
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to provide a route to
Duluth , settlement_type = City , nicknames = Twin Ports (with Superior), Zenith City , motto = , image_skyline = , image_caption = Clockwise from top: urban Duluth skyline; Minnesota ...
, however this section was not built. The PADW was abandoned in sections, and fully closed in 1938.


See also

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Gunflint and Lake Superior Railroad The Gunflint and Lake Superior Railroad (G&LS) is a defunct Minnesota logging railroad that operated in the Thunder Bay District of northwestern Ontario and in Cook County of northeastern Minnesota. The G&LS was built in 1902 by the Pigeon Riv ...
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Canadian Northern Railway The Canadian Northern Railway (CNoR) was a historic Canadian transcontinental railway. At its 1923 merger into the Canadian National Railway , the CNoR owned a main line between Quebec City and Vancouver via Ottawa, Winnipeg, and Edmonton. Mani ...
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List of Ontario railways The following railways operate in the Canadian province of Ontario. Common freight carriers * Barrie Collingwood Railway (BCRY) *Canadian National Railway (CN) including subsidiaries Algoma Central Railway (AC), Grand Trunk Western Railroad (GTW ...
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List of defunct Canadian railways Most transportation historians date the history of Canada's railways as beginning on February 25, 1832, with the incorporation of British North America's first steam-powered railway, the Champlain and St. Lawrence Railroad. This line opened for tr ...


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Defunct Ontario railways History of Thunder Bay Rail transport in Thunder Bay Rail transport in Thunder Bay District Defunct Minnesota railroads 1889 establishments in Ontario 1938 disestablishments in Ontario Canadian companies established in 1889 Railway companies established in 1889 {{Ontario-transport-stub