History Ontario Northland Transportation Commission

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1 history

1.1 history
1.2 new mandate
1.3 proposed divestment





history
early history

ontc traces history 1902 passage of temiskaming , northern ontario railway act, received royal assent on march 17. temiskaming , northern ontario railway commission (tnorc) oversee construction , operation of temiskaming , northern ontario railway (t&no). sod turned less 2 months later ontario s commissioner of public works, honourable francis robert latchford, @ trout lake on outskirts of north bay; north bay being site of first spike driven in construction of canadian pacific railway (cpr) 20 years previous.


building 253 mile t&no main line north bay cochrane instrumental in opening region of province development , settlement, construction being cited reason discovery of massive silver deposit @ cobalt, gold @ porcupine , kirkland lake.


six years after construction started, federal government s national transcontinental railway (ntr) main line winnipeg, manitoba moncton, new brunswick crossed t&no @ cochrane.


in subsequent years, tnorc authorized extending railway first western quebec s gold , copper fields @ rouyn-noranda and, following world war i, in 1921, tonrc began extending t&no northward cochrane shores of james bay @ moosonee, t&no last spike driven honourable justice francis robert latchford in 1932. commission worked closely sister provincial crown agency, ontario hydro-electric commission, in developing hydroelectric generating stations on rivers in region, such @ island falls , fraserdale.


new mandate

in 1937, temiskaming , northern ontario railway act amended, enabling tnorc operate buses, trucks, , aircraft in order transport passengers , freight. 1938 commission had acquired 11 buses. in 1945, commission acquired temagami , nipissing navigation companies.


the railway changed name in 1946 present ontario northland transportation commission. use of word transportation instead of railway in commission s new name reflected expanded mandate organization.


enabling legislation in 1946 allowed ontc acquire, construct, , operate boats, hotels, tourist resorts, , restaurants. in 1960 purchased trucking firm, star transfer.


the railway still operated today commission, operates other transport modes, including bus motor coach services along toronto-north bay-timmins-hearst , toronto-sudbury-timmins highway corridors. in 2016 motor coach started operating between sudbury , ottawa. formerly operated regional airline named norontair , telecommunications company named ontera.


proposed divestment

on march 23, 2012, ontario government announced begin wind down ontc, citing increased costs government , stagnant ridership. passenger train service between toronto , cochrane (the northlander) terminated , replaced additional bus service, , assets of corporation sold off.








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