Narrows Bridge Tender's Tower

Subdivision: Newmarket
Mileage: 88.23
Location: Download KML file for Google Earth Show in Google Maps North of Highway 12/West of passage between Lakes Simcoe and Couchiching
(Simcoe County, Orillia Township)
Date Event
1896 GTR constructs signal cabin: 12'×14'×18½', sill foundation, frame, metal roof[GTR.ND.1907, p. 138].
2007-08-10 Suffering from vandalism, the stairs and some first floor siding have been torn off (probably for firewood) and the east end is open to the elements[Field trip with Ian Wilson].
2010-10-31 Destroyed by arson[conversation with Ian Wilson].
Date Image Notes
2001-07 Click to Enlarge
JPS photo
Former bridge tenders tower almost six years after abandonment.
Date Reference Railway Subject Description
1995c J.P. Smith CNR Bridge Tenders Tower. HO Scale