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, Silver Mountain Range and beyond into the Gunflint Range.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 Duluth ( ) is a Port, port city in the U.S. state of Minnesota and the county seat of St. Louis County, Minnesota, St. Louis County. Located on Lake Superior in Minnesota's Arrowhead Region, the city is a hub for cargo shipping. The population ...

, however this section was not built. The PADW was abandoned in sections, and fully closed in 1938.

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