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Elsas railway station

Elsas railway station
Location Elsas, ON
Canada
Coordinates 48°31′18″N 82°54′16″W / 48.52167°N 82.90444°W / 48.52167; -82.90444Coordinates: 48°31′18″N 82°54′16″W / 48.52167°N 82.90444°W / 48.52167; -82.90444
Owned by Via Rail
History
Opened 1915 (1915)
Previous names Canadian National Railway
Services
Preceding station   VIA Rail Canada simplified.svg Via Rail   Following station
toward Vancouver
Canadian
toward Toronto
Location
Elsas railway station is located in Ontario
Elsas railway station
Elsas railway station
Location within Ontario

Elsas railway station is a railway station in the community of Elsas in the Unorganized North part of Algoma District in northeastern Ontario, Canada. The station is on the Canadian National Railway transcontinental railway main line between the railway points of Agate to the west and Oatland to the east, and is a stop for Via Rail transcontinental Canadian trains. The station and settlement are on the northern shore of Kapuskasing Lake, the source of the Kapuskasing River.

This section of what was originally the Canadian Northern Railway (CNoR) was under construction from 1913 to 1915. The establishment of sawmills and other industries along the railway route was delayed until after World War 1. In 1920 the Continental Wood Products Corporation (CWPC) selected this site for the location of its mill. The closest passing track on the CNR was at Agate, 3 miles to the west. The station at this location was named for Herman Elsas, president of CWPC. The mill closed in 1928 when remaining timber berths were sold to Spruce Falls Paper and Power further down the Kaspuskasing River in the town of Kapuskasing.



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