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Symington Yard. / 49.865444°N 97.028278°W / 49.865444; -97.028278. Symington Yard is the largest rail classification yard of the Canadian National Railway, [1] [2] and one of the largest rail yards in the world. [2] [3] The intermodal facility is located next to the Windsor Park area of Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Dates of operation. 1913–1918. Technical. Track gauge. 4 ft 8. +. 1⁄2 in ( 1,435 mm) standard gauge. The National Transcontinental Railway ( NTR) was a historic railway between Winnipeg and Moncton in Canada. Much of the line is now operated by the Canadian National Railway .
Churchill is an Arctic port town in northern Manitoba, Canada, on the west shore of Hudson Bay, roughly 140 km (87 mi) from the Manitoba–Nunavut border. It is most famous for the many polar bears that move toward the shore from inland in the autumn, leading to the nickname "Polar Bear Capital of the World" and to the benefit of its burgeoning tourism industry.
Thunder Bay Airport (IATA: YQT, ICAO: CYQT) is an airport in the city of Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. With 108,130 aircraft movements in 2012, it was the fourth busiest airport in Ontario and the 16th busiest airport in Canada. [4] During the same year, more than 761,000 passengers went through the airport. [5]
Winnipeg ( / ˈwɪnɪpɛɡ / ⓘ) is the capital and largest city of the province of Manitoba in Canada. It is centred on the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine rivers, near the longitudinal centre of North America. As of 2021, Winnipeg had a city population of 749,607 and a metropolitan population of 834,678, making it Canada's sixth ...
A route map of Via Rail frequencies from 2013. Via Rail operates 497 trains per week over nineteen routes.Via groups these routes into three broad categories: "Rapid Intercity Travel": daytime services over the Corridor between Ontario and Quebec.
4 ft 8. +. 1⁄2 in ( 1,435 mm) standard gauge. The Grand Trunk Pacific Railway ( reporting mark GTP) was a historic Canadian transcontinental railway running from Fort William, Ontario (now Thunder Bay) to Prince Rupert, British Columbia, a Pacific coast port. East of Winnipeg the line continued as the National Transcontinental Railway (NTR ...
Canadian canoe routes. The French fur trade was based in Montreal and the later British trade at York Factory. The shading shows Rupert's Land, claimed by Britain. A large Montreal canoe running rapids. The Avant stands in front with a steering paddle and the Gouvernail steers from the rear. The milieux provide power under the instructions of ...