Brockville and Ottawa Railway

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The southern entrance of the Brockville Railway Tunnel, located south of Water St. within sight of the St. Lawrence River.

The Brockville and Ottawa Railway (B&O) was an early railway in Upper Canada, today's Ontario. It ran north from the town of Brockville on the Saint Lawrence River to Sand Point on the Ottawa River. It was built primarily to serve the timber trade on the Ottawa Valley, shortcutting routes that led into the city of Ottawa, further downstream. The first railway tunnel in Canada, the Brockville Tunnel, was dug in order to allow the B&O to reach the port lands on the south side of the city, which sits on a bluff.

A second railway company, the Canada Central Railway (CCR), was chartered to run from the B&O at Carleton Place to the LeBreton Flats on the west side of downtown Ottawa. The two companies were later merged under the Canada Central name, and continued to push northward to Mattawa. The line was leased by the Canadian Pacific Railway and merged in 1881, and was later extended to North Bay and Sudbury. CP used the original CC routing as their primary access to Ottawa, joining it to the Ontario and Quebec Railway (O&Q) at Perth. The O&Q was later abandoned and replaced by a new line running through Belleville.

Much of the original B&O and CCR routes remain in active use. CP maintained ownership of the tracks between Smiths Falls and Brockville (known as the CP Brockville Sub) until November 2015, when Via Rail acquired this section for its Ottawa \- Toronto service.

## See also

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* Railways portal
* Ontario portal

* List of Ontario railways
* List of defunct Canadian railways

## References

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* Railway Bob. "Brockville, & Ottawa Railway". Index to Railways of Eastern Ontario. Archived from the original on 2014-05-28.
* Churcher, Colin. "Change of Gauge on the Canada Central Railway".

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Class II and class III railways of Canada

Current (operating)
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* CSXT
* EXO
* GOT
* HBRY
* HCRY
* KLR
* KRC
* NS
* ONT
* QNSX
* RMV
* TSH
* WCE
* WPY

Former or fallen flag
regional railways|

* AC
* BCOL
* CDAC
* C&K
* C&PR
* CAR
* CAR (original)
* CASO
* CCR
* CER
* CGR
* CMQ
* CNoR
* CV
* CW&LER
* DAR
* E&NAR
* GTPR
* GTR
* H&SW
* HBR
* ICR/IRC
* K&P
* MEC
* MC
* MR
* MMA
* NR
* NTR
* NYC
* NS&T
* NAR
* N&PJ
* NRC
* NSR
* OA&PS
* O&QRR
* PC
* PEIR
* PSCR
* SLQ
* T&NR
* TT
* VR

Current (operating)
short line railways|

* ANR
* APR
* APXX
* ARND
* ARM
* BRR
* BCRY
* BFDC
* BGS
* BLRC
* CBNS
* CCGX
* CEMR
* CFC
* CFL
* CFS
* CFO
* CFQG
* CRM
* CTRW
* CWRL
* ECRM
* ENR
* ETR
* FLR
* FSSR/EKRC
* GEXR
* GHRP
* GJR
* GFR
* GJD
* GSR
* GWWD
* GWR
* HPA
* HCRR
* HCRY
* HCWR
* HPHV
* IRRS
* KFR
* KHR
* KLTR
* KPR
* KVSR
* LMR
* LWR
* MNRY
* MDW
* NBSR
* OKAN
* OBRY
* OSR
* OVR
* OVO
* PAR
* PCHR
* PDCR
* PLC
* POM
* PSTR
* QGRY
* RCRR
* RES
* RLHH
* RLK
* RMRS
* RS
* S&HR
* SCR
* SFG
* SLQ
* SOP
* SOR
* SRCL
* SRY
* SSR
* SSS
* STCR
* STER
* SVI
* THR
* TRR
* TRRY
* VAEX
* VDHR
* WABL
* WLRS
* WCR
* WCRA
* WHRC
* WLRC
* YDHR

Former or fallen flag
short line railways|

* ANY
* B&HER
* BCER
* BQ
* BW&NW
* BR
* CBC
* CFMG
* C&K
* C&SL
* CVR
* CVR
* CW&LER
* DH
* DVR
* DWP
* EIR
* G&LS
* GFCR
* GRNR
* GVR
* H&BIR
* H&DR
* H&NWR
* HER
* HG&BER
* HGR
* HIR
* HRE
* HSR
* H&SW
* IRM
* K&P
* K&S
* KLR
* KVR
* L&LER
* L&MSR
* L&PS
* LEN
* LB&PR
* MVRR
* M&MR/M&M
* MKNR
* MSRT
* NBEC
* N&NR
* N&NWR
* N&S
* NN&RW
* NGR
* NSR
* NSR
* NYR
* O&Q
* OCRR
* OLO
* O&RRR/ORRR
* PAD&WR/PADW
* QC
* QSR
* S&L
* SAR
* SCFQ
* SOO
* STLH
* SW&AR
* TI
* T&MER
* T&SER
* TG&B
* TCR
* THB
* TNR
* TRC
* TS&MJR
* TSt.R
* TSR
* T&YRR
* WJR
* WI
* WAR
* WCR
* WE&LSR
* WESR
* WG&B
* WTV&IR

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