Early History
- In July 1849, the Toronto, Simcoe & Lake Huron Union Railroad is founded by Frederick Chase Capreol and Charles Albert Berczy
- The Guarantee Act helped finance construction of the railway through the sale of bonds, with the interest guaranteed by the colonial government.
- Groundbreaking by Lady Elgin on 15 October 1851.
- November 1852 the railway was renamed the Ontario, Simcoe and Huron Union Railroad.
- In August 1858, the OS&HUR becomes the Northern Railway Company of Canada following a government bailout.
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