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Pictures
August 22, 2007 - Portage Flyer climbing the grade coming out of Fairy Lake station.
August 22, 2007 - President Russ Nicholls speaks at the plaque unveiling ceremony
August 22, 2007 - Parry Sound / Muskoka M. P. P. Norm Miller addressing the crowd.
August 22, 2007 - Local and Provincial dignitaries posing with the new plaque. (l) to (r) Lake of Bays Councillor and Chair of
Lake of Bays Heritage Committee Nancy Tapley, M. P. P. Norm Miller, Mayor of Lake of Bays - Janet Peake,
Russ NIcholls - President - Huntsville & Lake of Bays Railway Society and Dr. Jim Angus sitting in for
Hon. Lincoln Alexander of Ontario Heritage Trust.
August 22, 2007 - (l( to (r) Dr Jim Angus, Russ Nicholls, and Mayor Janet Peake.
August 22, 2007 - Anita and Russ Nicholls posing in front of the newly installed heritage plaque. The plaque wording reads
as follows:
The Huntsville and Lake of Bays Railway Company
When completed in 1905, the Huntsville and Lake of Bays Railway or Portage Flyer, provided a crucial 1.8 km link connecting
steamboats on Peninsula Lake to Lake of Bays and opened up North Muskoka to tourism and increased development.
The railway was part of a larger navigation company owned by George F. Marsh and later sold to C. O. Shaw, owner of the
Anglo-Canadian Leather Company in Huntsville and the Bigwin Inn that opened on Lake of Bays in 1920. A narrow gauge
train fondly named the "Portage Flyer" plied the grade between the lakes carrying mail, tanbark and tourists for 55 years.
By 1959, a decline in steamship travel led to the end of what was once promoted as the "Smallest Commercially Operated Railway
in the World".
Portage Flyer #2 being turned at the Rotary Village station.
Portage Flyer leaving Fairy Lake station for a return trip.
Our Fairy Lake Station.
Portage Flyer arrives at Rotary Village station in Huntsville.
Locomotive being turned at Fairy Lake.
Santa Claus train (2006) at Rotary Village station.
Santa's train arriving at Fairy Lake station.
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