Key Junction

In 1908 the Canadian Northern (Ontario) Railway pushed a line north of Toronto to meet an iron prospect situated at Moose Mountain, 50 miles north of Sudbury. Mackenzie and Mann had become majority shareholders in the mine by 1906 and had planned, that same year, for an extensive harbour to tranship the ores for smelting and refining. The harbour, located at Key Harbour on the Georgian Bay was finally completed by 1908, and a 16.8- kilometre (12-mile) spur line was built 300 kilometres (214 miles) north of Toronto to access the site.