Talk:Ontario and Quebec Railway

I don't believe the court ruled it was a sale. Rather, the court ruled the CPR was within its rights to sell off assets as they saw fit. (I was personally involved in this court case.) However, in separate proceedings on an enirely different matter, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that any lease longer than 99 years was in fact a sale. R.L.Kennedy 21:20, 22 Mar 2005 (UTC)


 * You're no doubt right, that's what happens when I write articles off the top of my head (-: I've removed that statement for now.  JYolkowski 03:13, 28 Mar 2005 (UTC)

O&Q was incorporated March 21, 1881. Construction began in the spring of 1882 from Perth westward to Toronto. O&Q leased the TG&B July 26, 1883 for 999 years. Credit Valley Ry was amalgamated into O&Q November 30, 1883. CPR leased O&Q January 4, 1884 for 999 years.

West Ontario Pacific was incorporated 1885. O&Q leased the WOP June 23, 1887 and the line opened September 5, 1887 Woodstock to London. June 12, 1890 opened to Windsor.

R.L.Kennedy 22:28, 22 Mar 2005 (UTC)

The O&Q bought on December 3, 1883, the extensive charter of the Atlantic & Northwest and used it to build from the Lachine bridge over the St.Lawrence River to Mile End, a distance of 9 miles. There it went its terminal by 1893 and later to Windsor Station when it was built. The O&Q built the "Montreal Extention" from Smiths Falls to the St. Lawrence River. This is how the O&Q/CPR got from Perth to Montreal. The O&Q never went to Quebec City. R.L.Kennedy 00:46, 4 Apr 2005 (UTC) (former O&Q shareholder!)