The Northern and Pacific Junction Railway (N&PJ) is a historic railway located in northern

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, Canada. It connected the

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's endpoint in Gravenhurst to the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) at Nipissing Junction, near North Bay. The N&PJ provided an almost straight line north-south route from

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to the transcontinental line, competing with a similar line of the

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(CNoR) a short distance to the east. The railway was incorporated in 1881 as the Northern, North-Western, and Sault Ste. Marie Railway Company, changing its name to N&PJ in 1883. The railway was acquired by the

and the

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in 1883. Construction was commenced at Gravenhurst in 1885 and completed to a connection with the CPR in 1886, at which time the line was leased to its owners. Following the amalgamation of its owners with the

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in 1888, the N&PJ was merged with the GTR in 1892, which later became part of the Canadian National Railways. Principal stations along this route, from Gravenhurst are: * Bracebridge *Utterson * Huntsville *Novar *Scotia Junction (connection to Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway) *Emsdale * Burk's Falls * Sundridge * South River * Trout Creek *

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*Lake Nosbonsing Road (formerly Nosbonsing and Nipissing Railway) * Callander *Nipissing Junction (original 1886 connection with CPR, to North Bay station).

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Northern Pacific Junction Railway Grand Trunk Railway subsidiaries Defunct Ontario railways Predecessors of the Grand Trunk Railway

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