Farlane, Ontario

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Farlane
Location of Farlane in Ontario
Coordinates: 50°00′32″N94°12′15″W / 50.00889°N 94.20417°W / 50.00889; -94.20417 Coordinates: 50°00′32″N94°12′15″W / 50.00889°N 94.20417°W / 50.00889; -94.20417
CountryCanada
ProvinceOntario
RegionNorthwestern Ontario
District Kenora
Part Kenora, Unorganized
Elevation
364 m (1,194 ft)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central Time Zone)
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (Central Time Zone)
Postal code FSA
P0X
Area code(s) 807

Farlane is an unincorporated place in Unorganized Kenora District in northwestern Ontario, Canada. [1]

It lies on the Canadian National Railway transcontinental main line, [2] between Brinka to the west and Jones to the east, and Farlane railway station is served by Via Rail transcontinental Canadian trains.

Located at Mile 113.4 of the Redditt Subdivision of the Canadian National, it was created just before World War I by the arrival of the National Transcontinental Railway, a predecessor of the Canadian National. A small station, typical of stations intended for remote cottage communities was built for passengers and a telegraph operator. [3] In the 1920s as Farlane Lake and nearby lakes became popular for seasonal and weekend cottagers, many of whom were railway employees. A weekend train called the "Minaki Camper's Special" left Winnipeg every Friday and returned every Sunday in the 1920s allowing cottagers to reach cabins at Farlane and other nearby stations. [4] VIA Rail still serves the community. The station building still stands but is unstaffed and worn but has received some maintenance from cottagers to serve as a shelter for train passengers. [5]

In 1966, a 12 year old Ojibwe (Anishinaabe) boy named Chanie Wenjack died of hunger and exposure along the Canadian National tracks at Farlane attempting to walk 600 km home from Cecilia Jeffrey Indian Residential School in Kenora, a death which drew attention to the plight of children in residential schools. [6]

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Chanie "Charlie"Wenjack was an Ojibwe (Anishinaabe) First Nations boy who ran away from Cecilia Jeffrey Indian Residential School where he boarded for three years while attending residential school in Kenora, Ontario, Canada. He died of hunger and exposure at Farlane, Ontario while trying to walk 600 km (370 mi) back to his home, Ogoki Post on the Marten Falls Reserve. His ordeal and his death brought attention to the treatment of children in the Canadian Indian Residential School System and following Wenjack's death, an inquest into the matter was ordered by the Government of Canada.

References

  1. ↑ "Farlane". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada . Retrieved 2011-07-10.
  2. ↑ Map 13 (PDF) (Map). 1 : 1,600,000. Official road map of Ontario. Ministry of Transportation of Ontario. 2010-01-01. Retrieved 2011-07-10.
  3. ↑ Bruce Ballantyne, Canadian Railway Station Guide, Bytown Railway Society (1998), p. ON-21
  4. ↑ Bill Coo, Scenic and Rail Guide to Central & Atlantic Canada (1984), p. 144
  5. ↑ Ron Brown, The Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore: An Illustrated History of Railway Stations in Canada, Dundurn Press (2008), p. 127
  6. ↑ Adams, Ian (February 1, 1967). "The Lonely Death of Charlie Wenjack". Maclean's. Archived from the original on September 13, 2016. Retrieved October 17, 2016.



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