| Depot | ||
|---|---|---|
| Style | OA&PS Standard, baggage on right | Wright p82, Shaw p68 |
| Location | South of tracks, west of Potter Creek. | Shaw p68 |
| Baggage Chute | ||
| Wooden baggage chute from end of platform to dock on Potter Creek. | Visible in Fig 111 and 112 of Wright p82. Also appears on p66 of Shaw. | |
| Gilmour spur (1897-1907) | ||
| Length | 2.4 km | Shaw p43, also good map on p40. |
| Total track | 5km, including a wye to turn locomotives | Shaw p43, also good map on p40. |
| Capacity of Passing Track | 0 cars | CNR-1926 |
| Capacity of Other Tracks | 83 cars | CNR-1926 |
| Y for turning locomotives | ||
| Y for turning locomotives | yes | GTRB&B |
| Water Station | ||
| Tank | 15'x23 1/2' | GTRB&B |
| Stand Pipe | 6" Drop Pipe | GTRB&B |
| Number of pipes | 1 | GTRB&B |
| Pump | Northey | GTRB&B |
| Steam Cylinder | 6"x7" | GTRB&B |
| Water Cylinder | 4"x7" | GTRB&B |
| Suction Pipe | 3"x75' | GTRB&B |
| Discharge Pipe | 3" | GTRB&B |
| Conduit Pipe | 3" x 36' | GTRB&B |
| Source | Canoe Lake | GTRB&B |
| Remarks | 52000 gal | GTRB&B |
| Date | Event | Source | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1893 | Park headquarters established on Potter Creek. | Shaw p6 | |
| 1897 | Algonquin Park headquarters moves to Cache Lake (Algonquin Park Sta). | Shaw p63 | |
| 1897 | Gilmour establishes Canoe Lake Mills and town of Mowat. Population is 500, includes hospital, stables, warehouse, cookhouse, offices and farm. | Shaw p63 | |
| 1898-02-18 | Standard oil has bought 8-10 million feet of box lumber from St Anthony Lumber Company. Cars being loaded at a rate of ten per day. | Fleming:Renfrew Mercury | |
| 1900 | Canoe Lake Mills goes bankrupt. | Shaw p45 | |
| 1907 | Gilmour spur removed. | Shaw p46 | |
| 1917 | Tom Thomson died. | Shaw | |
| ca 1926 | Canoe Lake Lumber Co establishes mill on Potter Creek. | Shaw p58 | |
| ca 1930 | Canoe Lake Lumber Co mill idle. | Shaw p60 | |
| ca 1939 | Joseph Omanique purchases Canoe Lake Lumber Co mill and operates it as Barry's Bay Lumber Co, though often referred to as Omanique Lumber. | Shaw p60 |