Item is-edson-203 - Old Canadian Northern installation, Tollerton, Alberta.

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Old Canadian Northern installation, Tollerton, Alberta.

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EDSON edson-31-is-edson-203

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2 photographs : 1 col. & 1 b&w ; 9 x 13 cm

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Aerial view of Tollerton remains. Old Canadian Railroad installations, surveyed streets, etc. in background. Before roundhouse was demolished. Tollerton was situated in an excellent location on high well-drained land above the McLeod River. This was to have been the mountain divisional point on the Canadian Northern Railway and the townsite had been laid out with care and forethought. With so many possibilities, the fact remained that the town was totally isolated. As yet the railroad had not crossed the McLeod River and would not do so for a couple of years. Access to Edson was only possible in the winter when the intervening muskeg was frozen solid enough for travel. The future was not too rosy, as it was evident that two transcontinentals, running side by side across western Canada, could hardly be expected to be an economic venture. As it happened, the Canadian Northern Railway Company declared bankruptcy before the bridge spanning the McLeod River was completed. Many to the buildings which had served as homes and businesses were moved to Edson. However, the Canadian Northern Roundhouse remained for many years until the work of the elements and vandalism made its condition hazardous to public safety and the remaining walls were pushed down and the rubble buried.<br><br>

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