In the

Northern Ontario Northern Ontario is a primary geographic and quasi-administrative region of the Canadian province of Ontario, the other primary region being Southern Ontario. Most of the core geographic region is located on part of the Superior Geological Provi ...

bush, many families lived too far from communities to allow their children to attend school. As a way of providing education to these children of railroad workers,

trapper Animal trapping, or simply trapping or gin, is the use of a device to remotely catch an animal. Animals may be trapped for a variety of purposes, including food, the fur trade, hunting, pest control, and wildlife management. History Neolithic ...

s, natives and other people of the bush the

Canadian government The government of Canada (french: gouvernement du Canada) is the body responsible for the federal administration of Canada. A constitutional monarchy, the Crown is the corporation sole, assuming distinct roles: the executive, as the ''Crown-in-C ...

instituted the school car system (in French: Des écoles sur rails). The school cars ran from 1926 to 1967, and stopped at each site on their route for three to five days out of a month.Schuessler, Karl and Mary School On Wheels Boston mills press 1986

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