Revisiting the Huntsville and Lake of Bays

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In a recent posting here, we described our experience in operating steam powered trains at the Huntsville and Lake of Bays Railway. Today, Russ Milland returned to this railway to help them celebrate the unveiling of a plaque and a small stretch of track at the original South Portage terminus of the railway. The two pictures at the upper left show the plaque and the setting for the exhibit in which a short stretch of track was added in a garden setting. After the ceremony, everyone was invited back to the "new" Huntsville and Lake of Bays Railway for a special trip to commemorate the occasion.

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Click on any of the pictures for a closer look. The picture at the right resides on the railway's website at http://www.portageflyer.org/ and shows the original Porter locomotives used by the railway and the steamship Algonquin at North Portage (the other terminus) about 1925 in a photo by Leonard Davis.

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by Russ Milland, TRHA