TURBINE

NAME: Turbine COUNTY: Drury Twp, District of Sudbury ROADS: 2WD GRID: 1 CLIMATE: Snow in winter, warm summers BEST TIME TO VISIT: May-October

COMMENTS: West of Wothington (a few km) at the crossing, where 1 original shack stands. REMAINS: 1 home

Begun in th 1890 as a small farming settlement a cluster of homes established at the track, containing a post office (1905-59, store, and school. thea CPR had a proper station, and spurr to High Falls hydro plant a few miles away. The AER also pushed a line around 1912 and added a water tower and flag station. By the fifties there were still 54 residents scattering the area. Today there are afey other homes occupied in the area, the settlement is no more but a forgotten memory. Submitted by: Yvan P.Charbonneau

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