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Follow the Tracks of Time and realize the history and impact of the rail industry in North Bay, Ontario. Examine images and artefacts from the collection of the North Bay Area Museum. Travel through time, from the birth of the community in 1882 through to the redevelopment of the former C.P. rail lands.
Five storylines allow the visitor to experience the importance of the rail industry in North Bay and area. Travel from the beginnings of the community with the arrival of the Canadian Pacific Railway. Watch the arrival of additional railways including the Temiscaming and Northern Ontario Railway, Grand Trunk, Canadian Northern and Canadian National. Examine the role the rail played in the opening of Northern Ontario in the logging and mining industries. See how the community of North Bay evolved with the rail industry and how the city dealt with the rail’s eventual downsizing. Live the dream and watch the transformation of the former rail land properties into a community waterfront park.
