Chignecto Ship Railway

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The Chignecto Ship Railway was an ambitious project to transport ships on a railway across the Isthmus of Chignecto in Nova Scotia, Canada, facilitating shipping between the Bay of Fundy and the Gulf of St. Lawrence. It was proposed in 1875 by Henry Ketchum, and in 1882 the Chignecto Marine Transport Railway Company was incorporated. Proposed transit time was 2.5 hours for the 17 miles distance.[1] Despite the largest part of the works being completed, work ceased in 1891 as a result of financial difficulties.[2] Most of the railbed still exists and forms a hiking trail on land purchased by the Government of Nova Scotia in 2012.[3]
The southern dock of the Chignecto Ship Railway, on the Missaguash River, Fort Lawrence

References

  1. ↑ "The New Canadian Ship Railway". Hardware. 10 Jan 1890. Retrieved 18 April 2013. 
  2. ↑ "Chronology". University of New Brunswick Archives and Special Collections-Henry George Clopper Ketchum Virtual Exhibit. University of New Brunswick Archives. Retrieved 9 February 2012. 
  3. ↑ "Historic Chignecto Ship Railway Lands Purchased - February 2012". Government of Nova Scotia. Retrieved 9 February 2012. 
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