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Gallery - Great Gorge Route

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One of the plaques along the Niagara Parkway, this one deals with the Niagara Falls Park & River Railway, which ran from Queenston docks to Chippawa, and was actually the start of what became the Great Gorge Route.
The plaque reads as follows: "The Niagara River Recreation Trail at this point is laid along the former double-track roadbed of the Niagara Falls Park & River Railway. From 1892 to 1932, before there was an auto route along the gorge, this electric railway carried millions of passengers from the boat docks at Queenston to Queen Victoria Park."

Ken Jones Jr.

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This is the second car barn of the Great Gorge Route The first car barn burned on Feb. 12, 1906. The barn was located in the open space across from the Spanish Aero Car on River Rd.

September 10th, 1932 - Niagara Railway Museum Inc. Collection

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3 Great Gorge Route cars await passengers at the foot of Bridge St & River Rd.

1915 - NRM Collection

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Great Gorge Route car #76 and an unidentified car are heading towards the Canadian entrance to the Honeymoon Bridge. Note the other Great Gorge Route train just a little ways up the bridge. The sign on the building in the distance reads "4.4% Canadian Ale and Beer". Also note the long line of cars waiting to enter Canada.

Unknown - Niagara Railway Museum Inc. Collection


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