South Eastern Railway (Quebec)

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In 1866 the South Eastern Counties Junction Railway was incorporated to build from a point on the Stanstead, Shefford and Chambly Railroad to a point on the province line in the township of Potton, Quebec which was completed in 1873. Soon afterwards, the railway amalgamated with the Richelieu, Drummond and Arthabaska Counties Railway, the combined lines being known as the South Eastern Railway.

Potton, Quebec Township municipality in Quebec, Canada

Potton is a township municipality of about 1,850 people in the Memphrémagog Regional County Municipality. It is located on the western shore of Lake Memphremagog in the Estrie region of Quebec, and is one of the municipalities in Brome County. Potton is located about 125 kilometres (78 mi) southeast of Montreal, 30 kilometres (19 mi) to the southwest of the city of Magog, and next to the United States border, north of North Troy, Vermont.

After many years of haphazard running and accumulated deficits, it was eventually taken over by the Canadian Pacific Railway which had leased the South Eastern in 1887 and which subsequently continued to operate the line. [1]

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References

  1. A History of Canadian R.P.O.s, L.F. Gillam, p.146, 1979 APS, ISBN   0-933580-02-9