Keewatin Railway

Canadian shortline railway

Keewatin Railway

Locale| Manitoba, Canada
Terminus| The Pas
Pukatawagan
Commercial operations
Built by| Hudson Bay Railway
Original gauge| 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Preserved operations
Reporting mark| KRC
Stations| 14
Length| 99 mi (159 km)
April 1, 2006| Reopened
Website
www.krcrail.ca

The Keewatin Railway Company is a First Nations-owned shortline railroad that operates in northern Manitoba, between The Pas, and Pukatawagan. This is Canada's second First Nations railway, the first being Labrador and Northern Quebec's Tshiuetin Rail Transportation.

The railway company currently operates a line formerly owned by Hudson Bay Railway, and used by Via Rail passenger trains. Via Rail previously operated a twice-weekly passenger rail service between The Pas and Pukatawagan through an operating agreement with Hudson Bay Railway Company. This passenger service continues under a new operating agreement between Keewatin Railway Company and Via Rail, which still operates twice-weekly passenger trains (Numbers 290/291) through an agreement with the new company.[1] These are mixed trains.[2]

## History

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Keewatin Railway Company

Legend

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Tippieskaw Creek

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|  | Douglas McKay Lake
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|  | Drybrough
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|  | Herriot
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|  | Russell River
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|  | Hone
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|  | Jetait
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|  | Heaman
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|  | Okaw Lake
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251

| Pukatawagan

road link

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Airport

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Native Reserve

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245

| Mile 151.8
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243

| Pawistik
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|  | Churchill River
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214

| Charles
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Kennedy Creek

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|  | Takipy
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|  | Kississing River
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|  | Derby Lake
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179

| Ruddock
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158

| Sherridon
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|  | Fay Lake
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127

| Heming Lake
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|  |  | CN Branch to Chisel Lake

open 1950s to 1990s
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114

| Optic Lake
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|  | Emerald Lake
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Flin Flon Sub. to Flin Flon

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|  | Sherrit Junction
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to The Pas

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The rail line was originally the 185-mile (310 km-long) Sherridon Subdivision, between Sheritt Junction and Lynn Lake. This was part of the Hudson Bay Railway (HBRY) system, and Via Rail had operated trains between The Pas and Pukatawagan under an agreement with HBRY, but had suspended them from July 27 and August 2, 2005, because the Hudson Bay Railway line had become unsafe due to recent heavy rains in the area loosening the railbed.

On April 1, 2006, the Hudson Bay Railway sold the Sherridon Subdivision to the three first nations in the area, who now own and operate the railway. The First Nations-owned railway company received $4.9 million dollars in grants from the Government of Canada, $1.25 million from the Government of Manitoba and $500,000 from three First Nations communities (the Mathaias Colomb Indian Band, Tataskweyak Cree Nation, and the War Lake First Nation, who jointly own and operate the railway to this day) for the railway line purchase. The Federal Government has also given the three tribes up to $3.2 million for start-up fees and investments, which include the purchase of locomotives, railway equipment, transitional services, office equipment, and infrastructure work (maintenance) on the rail line. This funding comes from the Regional and Remote Passenger Rail Services Contribution Program administered by Transport Canada.

## References

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1. ^ "The Pas-Pukatawagan train - Description". Via Rail. Archived from the original on 2011-01-01. Retrieved 2009-11-01.
2. ^ Steve Boyko. "Keewatin Railway Company". Traingeek.ca. Archived from the original on 2017-06-21. Retrieved 2012-09-16.

## External links

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* Railways portal

* Keewatin Railway Company Website
* Map of former Sherridon Subdivision (now Keewatin Railway Company)
* Keewatin Railway information, from ViaRail.ca
* Information at AlaskaCanadaRail.org
* Press Release from the Government of Manitoba

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Intercity|

* Via Rail
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* Keewatin Railway
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Sightseeing|

* Agawa Canyon Tour Train
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| Under construction|

* Broadway extension
* Vancouver
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* Hurontario LRT
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* Line 5 Eglinton
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* Line 6 Finch West
* Toronto
* Ontario Line
* Toronto
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* Ottawa
* REM Stage 2
* Montreal
* Surrey–Langley extension
* Greater Vancouver
* Valley Line West
* Edmonton

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Planned|

* Blue line extension
* Montreal
* Gatineau LRT
* Gatineau
* Ion Stage 2
* Waterloo Region – Cambridge
* Hamilton LRT
* Hamilton
* Pink Line
* Montreal
* Quebec City Tramway
* Quebec City

Cancelled or closed|

* Expo Express
* Montreal
* Scarborough RT
* Toronto
* Sheppard East LRT
* Toronto
* Surrey LRT
* REM de l'Est
* Montreal

Streetcar|

* Toronto streetcar system

People mover|

* Terminal Link
* Toronto

Heritage tramways|

* High Level Bridge Streetcar
* Edmonton
* Nelson Electric Tramway
* Whitehorse Waterfront Trolley

See also|

* Urban rail transit in Canada
* Streetcars in North America
* Heritage railways in Canada
* Canada railways template
* Canada short line railways template

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Passenger railways of Canada

Intercity|

* Via Rail
* Amtrak
* Cascades
* Maple Leaf
* Adirondack
* Keewatin Railway
* Ontario Northland Railway
* Tshiuetin Rail Transportation

Sightseeing|

* Agawa Canyon Tour Train
* Alberta Prairie Railway Excursions
* Kaoham Shuttle
* Port Stanley Terminal Rail
* Rocky Mountaineer
* Royal Canadian Pacific
* White Pass and Yukon Route

Commuter rail|

* GO Transit
* Greater Toronto
* Union Pearson Express
* Greater Toronto
* Exo
* Greater Montreal
* West Coast Express
* Greater Vancouver

Urban rail|

* CTrain
* Calgary
* Edmonton LRT
* Ion
* Waterloo Region
* Montreal Metro
* O-Train
* Ottawa
* Réseau express métropolitain
* Montreal
* SkyTrain
* Greater Vancouver
* Toronto subway

| Under construction|

* Broadway extension
* Vancouver
* Green Line
* Calgary
* Hurontario LRT
* Peel Region
* Line 5 Eglinton
* Toronto
* Line 6 Finch West
* Toronto
* Ontario Line
* Toronto
* O-Train Stage 2
* Ottawa
* REM Stage 2
* Montreal
* Surrey–Langley extension
* Greater Vancouver
* Valley Line West
* Edmonton

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Planned|

* Blue line extension
* Montreal
* Gatineau LRT
* Gatineau
* Ion Stage 2
* Waterloo Region – Cambridge
* Hamilton LRT
* Hamilton
* Pink Line
* Montreal
* Quebec City Tramway
* Quebec City

Cancelled or closed|

* Expo Express
* Montreal
* Scarborough RT
* Toronto
* Sheppard East LRT
* Toronto
* Surrey LRT
* REM de l'Est
* Montreal

Streetcar|

* Toronto streetcar system

People mover|

* Terminal Link
* Toronto

Heritage tramways|

* High Level Bridge Streetcar
* Edmonton
* Nelson Electric Tramway
* Whitehorse Waterfront Trolley

See also|

* Urban rail transit in Canada
* Streetcars in North America
* Heritage railways in Canada
* Canada railways template
* Canada short line railways template

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