General

Station Name: Minessing, a.k.a. MinesingThe original spelling was Minising, but was changed to Minesing when the post office was established in 1864[Anderson-1987, p. 643]. When the NRC built the station during the 1880s, its name was misspelled as Minessing[Anderson-1987, p. 746].
Subdivision: Penetang
Mileage: 7.69
Station Symbols: ...
Train Order: D
Office Signals: FC
Sidings: ...
Other Tracks: 15
  • Team Track: NS.15 (mileage 7.62 to 8.80)
Location: (Simcoe County, Vespra Township)

Footnotes

None.

Chronology

Date Event
1880c NRC constructs station[Anderson-1987, p. 746].
1925-03-06 First grain elevator destroyed by fire[Anderson-1987, p. 758].
1925 (Winter) Second grain elevator constructed[Anderson-1987, p. 758].
1949 (Winter)/1951 (Spring) Feed mill addition to grain elevator constructed[Anderson-1987, p. 758].
1951-04 Toronto Grain and Coal Company discontinues sale of coal[Anderson-1987, p. 758].
1957-07-17 Second grain elevator and feed mill destroyed by fire[Anderson-1987, p. 758].
1978-06-27 CNR operates last train to/from Minessing[Anderson-1987, p. 757].

Photographs

Date Image Notes
1913c
Unknown
Station.
1906c
Unknown
Station.
1963-02 Robert Sandusky photo Station.

Drawings

Date Reference Railway Subject Description
1893-03-04 NMC135771c GTR Station. 1in.=50ft. track plan.
1953-07 [Wilson-1998, p. 114]. CNR Station. Track plan.