CNR Bracebridge

Station Name: Bracebridge
Subdivision: Huntsville
Mileage: 9.89
Station Symbols: ...Water through 1941-06-29[TBD].
Train Order: DN
Office Signals: BN
Sidings: 23Sidings history:
Date Sidings
1926-09-26/1928-09-30 29
1928-01-06/1931-04-26 28
1931-06-28/1939-07-02 29
1939-09-24/1943-06-27 27
1943-07-18/1952-09-28 24
1953-04-26/1958-12-07 23
1959-04-26/1960-10-30 19
*Capacity of sidings/passing tracks does not appear in GTRS time tables before 1915-06-27.
Other Tracks: 36Other Tracks history:
Date Other Tracks
1926-09-26*/1927-09-25 277
1928-05-20/1929-05-19 245
1929-06-30/1931-04-26 85
1931-06-28/1934-09-30 69
1935-02-03/1935-02-24 59
1935-06-23/1936-09-27 38
1937-04-25/1937-09-12 39
1937-09-26/1939-07-02 37
1939-09-24/1942-09-27 51
1943-06-27/1951-06-24 52
1951-08-26/1952-09-28 35
1953-04-26/1960-10-30 36
*Capacity of other tracks does not appear in CNR time tables before at least 1926-06-27.
Location: Download KML file for Google Earth Show in Google Maps 87 Hiram Street
Bracebridge
(Muskoka District, Macaulay Township)
Date Event
1885c N&NWR constructs station[Toronto Star, 2004-08-06, p. A3].
1971c CNR closes station[Toronto Star, August 6, 2004, p. A3].
1972c CNR demolishes station[Toronto Star, August 6, 2004, p. A3].
Date Image Notes
1900c Image Not Available.
Muskoka Steamship & Historical Society		 The Bracebridge station, seen here in the early 1900s, was once a thriving focal point of the Muskoka town with several trains a day.[Toronto Star, 2004-08-06, p. A3]
1950c Click to Enlarge
Thatcher Studio photo/JPS collection		 Aerial postcard view of Bracebridge looking north. Published by Thatcher Studio, Bracebridge, Ontario. Postally unused.
1950c Click to Enlarge
Thatcher Studio photo/JPS collection		 Aerial postcard view of Bracebridge looking east. Published by Thatcher Studio, Bracebridge, Ontario. Postally unused.
Date Reference Railway Subject Description
1887-06-01 NAC / Col. RG30M Acc. 78903/42 Item 47 Station. Plans. Sections. Front elevation. Details.
1894-10-18 NAC / Col. RG30M Acc. 90137 Item 2 GTR Track plan. 1"=50'
1901 NAC / Col. RG30M Acc. 90137 Item 344 GTR Track plan.  
1920-01-20 NAC / Col. RG30M Acc. 90137 Item 344 GTR Track plan.  
1941-12-31   CNR Operating Diagram Sheet 1
1945-05 NAC / Col. RG30M Acc. 78903/42 Item 5 CNR Station and Freight Shed. First and second floor plans.
1952 [Wilson-2007, p. 160] CNR Track plan.