Even though there's a comprehensive Kingston & Pembroke (K&P) website, the stations (later CP) in Frontenac County have rarely been shown in sequence. In this final post in this five-post series, pictured south to north are: Kingston, Glenvale, Murvale, Harrowsmith, Sigsworth (flag stop), Hartington, Verona, and Godfrey. Farther north were: Hinchinbrooke, Parham, Olden, Sharbot Lake, Oso, Clarendon, Mississippi and Snow Road. (Photos in this post posted to Facebook Vintage Kingston Group unless otherwise noted.)
Check out this additional post showing more of the K&P's more northerly stations. Although I originally published some of this southerly material in April, 2024 you're reading an enhanced post. With a generous infusion of never-before seen photos of K&P stations in July, 2024 I was able to significantly augment my awesome aggregation of images! The additional photos are courtesy of the Burleigh family.
The K&P's first station in Kingston was at Place d'Armes and Ontario Street, shown as the Frontenac Lumber and Coal Co., with the original engine house is just visible at right (top photo - Queen's University Archives, Kingston Picture Collection, V23.6 IndB Frontenac Lumber). The building was dismantled in 1924.
The much better-known K&P station that still stands is across Ontario Street from City Hall. (Queen's University Archives, Hazelgrove Slide Collection, V020-5-534) shown on April 8, 1962:
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| Ontario St. station and Richardson No 1 grain elevator. pre-1941 (photo Courtesy Burleigh family) |
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| Glenvale |
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| Murvale, undated (photo Courtesy Burleigh family) |
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| Murvale in October, 1970 (Queen's University Archives, George Lilley Fonds, V25.5-39-108) |
Darcy Laframboise finds some interesting items at Murvale with a metal detector.
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| Harrowsmith, 1960 |
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| Hartington, 1948 (Queen's University Archives, George Lilley Aerial Photographs, V25.6-1-6-35) |
Note that the nation track has been stub-ended, with a plank required to reach the main track from the station wooden platform. Before a station was built at Hartington, Sigsworth flag-stop on the Petworth Road was a grain-shipping point for the area as early as 1887.
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| Verona in October, 1970 (Queen's University Archives, George Lilley Fonds, V25.5-39-109) |
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| Verona, June 1910 (photo Courtesy Burleigh family) |
George Lilley took several angles during his visit, some artistic.
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| Godfrey, about 1911 (photo Courtesy Burleigh family) |
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| Godfrey, about 1910 (photo Courtesy Burleigh family) |
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| Godfrey, undated |
Running extra...
No, Google, this is not a post on cholesterol-reducing medications. That would be Kingston & Pembroke Statins. They are designed to reduce your CV risk. This post is intended to increase your CP risk!
Speaking of CP and stations, I have not abandoned my goal of a post showing every station along the entire Kingston & Pembroke line. For such a relatively short line, I'm always surprised that such a compendium does not exist. Perhaps it's due to the hardscrabble nature of much of the line, along which people were just trying to survive and eke out a living, not stand trackside snapping photos.
Having used the word 'eke' in the previous point, plus the fact that it's summer, word association led me to German actress Elke Sommer! Starring alongside Peter Sellers and Paul Newman, she became the 'Carry On' film series' highest-paid star!
2 comments:
My great uncle Robert Wesley Saul of Camden East (son of William Saul of "William & Hugh Saul stone masons") did the stone work of the K & P inner railway station in Kingston. He worked with Hugh Douglas on that building by city hall (now a tourist building). He also did some stone work on the Kingston Armory. He is interviewed by the Kingston Whig Standard (I think June 6th 1952)... He died in 1954.
Thanks for your comment, A. I'm going to follow up on that and find out more about your great-uncle. Sounds like he worked on some of Kingston's most formidable buildings! If you can, perhaps let me know your name so I can mention you in the upcoming blog post on my Kingston's Hanley Spur blog.
Eric
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