History
In 1905, Jacob Lewis Englehart was appointed to the commission in charge of the Temiskaming and Northern Ontario Railway, what would later become the Ontario Northland Railway. It was incorporated as the Town of Englehart in 1908 as a rest stop between North Bay and Cochrane. The town was named after Jacob Lewis Englehart, founder of Imperial Oil Ltd, a key figure in the development of the T & N.O. Under his leadership, the railway continued to press northward. A new community began to take shape with the construction of the line's first major bridge at White River. Initially referred to as White River Crossing, it became a divisional point on the railway in 1906. in 1908. Today, Englehart's importance as a railway town has diminished, and the biggest employer is an oriented strand board (OSB) facility built by Grants Forest Products, sold off to Georgia Pacific in early 2010.
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