Agawa Canyon station

Agawa Canyon station (or just Canyon railway station) is a railway station at the railway point of Canyon, in the Unorganized North part of Algoma District in Ontario, Canada.[1] It lies on the Algoma Central Railway (ACR) main line, between Frater to the south and Eton to the north, and is acts as the terminus for the Agawa Canyon Tour Train. The Algoma Central Railway is a subsidiary of Canadian National Railway.[2] The railway provides the option of renting a Canyon Camp Car (a former Wisconsin Central caboose) that has been refurbished for this purpose.[3]

Agawa Canyon
Algoma Central Railway (inter-city rail)
General information
LocationCanyon, Algoma District, Ontario, Canada
Coordinates47°25′30″N 84°29′2″W
Owned byAlgoma Central Railway
Line(s)Algoma Central
Tracks2
Construction
ParkingNo
Services
Preceding station Canadian National Railway Following station
Sault Ste. Marie
Terminus
 Agawa Canyon Tour Terminus
Former services
Preceding station Canadian National Railway Following station
Frator
toward Sault Ste. Marie
 Algoma Central Railway Eton
toward Hearst
Location
Agawa Canyon is located in Ontario
Agawa Canyon
Agawa Canyon
Location in Ontario

The Agawa Canyon Tour train that departs Sault Ste. Marie stops here for lunch (1+1⁄2 hours during summer schedules) before returning to Sault Ste. Marie.[4] Algoma Central passenger train service north to Hearst ended in July 2015.[5]

Agawa Canyon Station

References
  1. "Canyon". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2011-07-11.
  2. "Algoma Central Railway Route Map". Algoma Central Railway. Archived from the original on July 23, 2012. Retrieved 2012-07-16.
  3. "Canyon Camp Car". Algoma Central Railway. Archived from the original on August 6, 2012. Retrieved 2012-07-16.
  4. "Agawa Train". Tourism Sault Ste. Marie. City of Sault Ste. Marie. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  5. Della-Mattia, Elaine (October 31, 2018). "Passenger train advocates still seeking funding; certificates in place to operate train". Sault Star. Retrieved February 7, 2019.

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