Desolation at Maynooth Station

Posted by Walt (Scarborough, Canada) on 15 December 2007 in Architecture and Portfolio.

Maynooth, Ontario, Canada.

By 1871, the thriving settlement of Doyle's Corners, ideally situated at the junction of four (4) townships (Wicklow, McClure, Monteagle and Herschel), boasted four stores, a school and a blacksmith. The first name of our community came from Michael Doyle, its first storekeeper and the first Reeve to serve Bangor, Wicklow, McClure, Monteagle and Herschel townships.

Between 1871 and 1877, three names were submitted for official registration. The first two, Tara and Oxenden, already existed elsewhere in the province. The third name - Maynooth, after a town in Ireland - was accepted and by 1878 the hamlet had a second blacksmith, grist and saw mills, and both a Roman Catholic and Presbyterian Church. (Maynooth, Ireland today - www.maynooth.org)

In 1906, William Carswell, the local Justice of the Peace, offered the first daily stage coach service from Maynooth to Bancroft. Train service arrived in 1907 at Maynooth Station.

During the 1950's and 60's, the forest industry and the Faraday Mines provided a thriving and local economy for a general store, a hardware store, 3 restaurants and a busy dining room at the Arlington Hotel.

This was the only concrete station on the line - I've been unsuccessful in trying to find out exactly which line it was on, although I know it connects with Bancroft because I've mountain biked the old track bed from Maynooth to Bancroft with my Dad, many moons ago.

Here's hoping his knee heals up so we can do it again. It was kinda cool flying through the woods like that.

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