Railways projected in the Ottawa Area

              

Railway Proposals for which Charters were Not Obtained

Name	Notes
Brockville & Ottawa	Proposed in  December 1889 by Mr. J.F. Wood, M.P.
Brockville & Ottawa Electric	Brockville Recorder 9 November 1894: "On Saturday last a notice appeared in the Canada Gazette that next session application will be made to the Dominion government for the passing of an act incorporating a company to build, equip and operate a railway either by steam or electricity from Ottawa to Brockville, and to purchase lands and water power for the generating of electricity along the proposed railway line. The company will ask for power to construct and operate a ferry on the St. Lawrence between Brockville and Morristown, there to connect with U.S. railways. Ottawa will be asked for $100,000 bonus." Click here for newspaper references
Buckingham Electric	Charter to run electric cars in Buckingham, applied for 1894.
Dominion Air Line	Between Montreal an a point on Lake Simcoe near Beaverton,  via Perth and Smiths Falls, and north from Lake Simcoe to a point on Lake Nipissing near Smith East Bay and south to Toronto and west to Detroit. Almonte Gazette 7 October 1881
Du Lievre & Ottawa	Application for an act to construct a line from Ottawa, via Hull to Buckingham, Que., along the Du Lievre River valley to James Bay with a branch from Buckingham to the Ottawa River between Thurso and Templeton.  Power is asked to use electricity or other motive power.
Eastern Ontario Counties Electric Belt Line	To connect Cornwall, Brockville, Morrisburg,, Winchester ad Ottawa and places in the intervening counties. From Kenmore a branch line is proposed to Russell village connecting with the Ottawa, New York Railway. Legislation is asked to amalgamate with or purchase the Cornwall Railway Company. 1909
Flower  & Carleton Place.	From Flower station on the K. &. P. railway to Carleton Place via Lanark.  March 1888.
Galetta, Shawville & Arnprior	Jan. 1901.The Canada Atlantic Railway propose to obtain authority to construct a branch from Galetta, in Fitzroy township, northerly across the Ottawa river to a point on the Pontiac and Pacific Junction Railway between Quyon and Shawville, in Pontiac county; also to make an extension of the line in question to Arnprior.  The company also wants authority enabling it to build bridges, tramways, vessels, wharves, warehouses and docks, and to develop electric energy by the use of water power.
Gananoque & Arnprior	1914. Main line between Gananoque and Arnprior with a branch line to Ottawa..Was voted down in Ontario legislature April 1916. Click here for newspaper references
Hull, St. Louis Dam and Victoria Springs	The company may construct and operate a railway from Hull, thence southerly across the proposed Interprovincial bridge or any other bridge  that may be built at that point thence along the canal reserve of Ottawa to the deep cut thence easterly through the now vacant property to the present rifle range, then across the Rideau river to a point at or near the Montreal road, thence to what is known as Victoria Springs, thence to the Ottawa river to a point at or near Rockcliffe, thence south easterly to a point at or near what is known as Beechwood, thence to a point of the crossing of the Rideau river, also along the St. Lawrence and Ottawa Railway company's tracks  from the point of intersection of the proposed line with the lines of the railway mentioned to the Sussex street depot, and may also construct a branch line from the head of the said deep cut in a southerly direction to what is known as Hogs Back on the Rideau Canal, the whole being approximately about fifteen miles.
Kingston & Pembroke Extension	An extension from Renfrew to Ottawa, also Sharbot Lake to Lanark, were surveyed in 1901.
Morrisburg & Ottawa	Surveys carried out in 1881, also known as Ottawa, Morrisburg & Potsdam.  From Ottawa to Morrisburg with a bridge across the St. Lawrence to Waddington, NY.
Montreal, Nipissing and Georgian Bay	To construct a line from the east end of Lake Nipissing, through the Parry Sound and Nipissing districts and the counties of Renfrew, Prescott, Glengarry, Vaudreuil and Soulanges to Montreal, also from Lake Nipissing to the Georgian Bay, at the mouth of the French River.  (1904)
Ontario & Quebec Bridge	To build a bridge from the foot of Bank street to Hull using Pine Tree Island which will give the main central support - 1898.
Ottawa & Arnprior	Proposal in February 1889.
Ottawa & Dundas Electric	Application to the Ontario Legislature in February 1900 to incorporate a company to construct and operate a railway from Ottawa, through the townships of Gloucester and Osgoode and through the county of Dundas to some point on or near the St. Lawrence River, with branch lines.
Ottawa, Arnprior & Renfrew	From Ottawa to Arnprior and thence by way of Braeside to the village of Renfrew.  Bill introduced into Ontario legislature February 1888.
Ottawa, Morrisburg & Potsdam	See Morrisburg and Ottawa.
Ottawa Suburban Electric	The line would run out the Richmond road as far as Skeads Mills, crossing the river near the Remoux rapids to Windermere, near Chelsea.  The road would also be extended from the Experimental Farm into the city by way of Centre street and along the canal to the city post office. (1899) See https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Subdivision/Ottawa%20Suburban.pdf
Ottawa Valley Development Co.	The Ottawa Valley Development Co. is the title under which an act of incorporation was asked at the 1907 session of the Dominion Parliament by interests represented by O'Meara and MacInnes, solicitors, Ottawa.  The Company desired to have the power, among other things, to construct tramways or electric railways, telegraph and telephone lines, wharves and docks, and to carry on a general navigation business.
Pakenham and Kinburn Electric	From Pakenham to Kinburn - Aylmer Gazette 12 January 1894
Pembroke and Douglas	Almonte Gazette 13 April 1895 - April 9th. - a strong deputation from Pembroke waited on the government today and asked for a bonus for a railway from Pembroke to Douglas- a distance of 25 miles. The deputation claimed that the proposed line would open up a fine tract of country and come into competition with no other road. The government promised to consider the question.
Pembroke and Renfrew	Pembroke to Renfrew via Beachburg and Forester's Falls. (January 1894)
Pontiac Colonization	From a point on Chats Lake near Portage du Fort thence to Bryson, crossing the Coulonge north of the High Falls.  It was planned to run along the Coulonge valley on the west side, crossing the headwaters of the Ottawa river above Great Victoria Lake.  The road would proceed northwards from that point to James Bay.  The projected road, Mr. Chrysler said, would run nearly parallel to the Gatineau railway, the distance varying from 45 to 70 miles. Defeated in committee May 1901.
Portage du Fort and Campbell's Bay	1888.
Portage du Fort and French River	From Portage du Fort to Pemnroke and Georgian Bay.  Defeated in committee April 1900.
Quinze Electric	The bill, in the province of Quebec, provided that the company may construct, build operate and maintain tramways and railways, with single or double track, either upon the surface of the ground or as elevated roads, from and to any point or points in the said county of Pontiac and the townships of Guiges and Duhamel, on both sides of the river Ottawa, in the vicinity of the Quinze rapids and above, below and alongside the same where the said river passes in the province of Quebec, for the purposes of supplying electricity, gas, natural or artificial, for light power and heating.  The capital stock of the company is to be  $80,000 and its principal place of business is to be at Hull.  December 1894.
Shawville & Renfrew	Shawville to Renfrew (Jan/May 1891).  Possible extension from Shawville to Wright.
Smiths Falls & Kemptville	Smiths Falls to Kemptville (1854)
St. Lawrence International Railway & Bridge	For a railway from a point at or near Lansdowne Station on the Grand trunk Ry. or from a point in the county of Leeds crossing the Grand Trunk Ry. to a point on the International boundary line in the St. Lawrence River, and of constructing a draw bridge and other bridges over said river to connect with a railway or railways in the state of New York.
Templeton Phosphate Railway	Incorporated 1889. Authorized capital, $50,000 divided into 1,000 shares of a value of $50 each. Formed to construct a line of railway, having its starting point from the Ottawa River, in the Province of Quebec, at or near the village of East Templeton, in the County of Ottawa, running in a northerly direction as far as the Gore of said Township to a distance of about 15 miles, and also to build a line of railway, starting at a point on the herein above mentioned railway, at the eigth of tenth Range of the Township of Templeton, near perkins' Mills, and running in a westerly direction to a point in the Township of Wakefield, a distance of about fifteen miles. Canadian Mining Manual 1890-91.  B.T.A. Bell.
Union	For a railway from a point in or near the town of Pembroke, thence through the townships of Pembroke, Westmeath and Ross through or near Perretton, Beachburg and Forrester's Falls, across the Ottawa River, to the village of Portage-du-Fort in Pontiac County, with powers to bridge the Ottawa River at or near Portage-du-Fort and there to connect or amalgamate with the Portage-du-Fort and Bristol Branch Ry., also to amalgamate at or near Quio village with the Pontiac Pacific Junction Ry.  and at or near the village of Aylmer or the City of Hull there to connect or amalgamate with the Canadian Pacific Ry., and also to build a branch from a point on the said railway in Ross twp., near or opposite to the Portsge-du-Fort by way of Horton twp. to the village of Renfrew, there to connect or amalgamate with the Canadian Pacific Ry. or the Kingston & Pembroke Ry.