Jirgin kasa na Victoria

Jirgin ƙasan Victoria ya kai tsawon   layin dogo na Kanada wanda ke aiki a Tsakiyar Ontario . Ginawa a ƙarƙashin Babban Injiniya James Ross ya fara ne a shekarar 1874 daga Lindsay, Ontario, tare da ikon ginawa ta cikin gundumar Victoria zuwa Haliburton, Ontario, inda aka buɗe shi a  .    Layin ya fi shahara da cewa wani babban rukuni na baƙi 'yan Iceland ne suka gina shi, waɗanda suka ga lokacin hunturu na Kinmount yana da tsauri sosai, don haka duk suka ƙaura zuwa Gimli, Manitoba .  Layin ya zama wani ɓangare na Layin Jirgin Ƙasa na Midland na Kanada sannan daga baya ya zama wani ɓangare na Layin Jirgin Ƙasa na Kanada . An yi watsi da layin gaba ɗaya a farkon shekarun 1990. 

 Tarihi 
An fara tsara layin dogo na Victoria a matsayin layin dogo na Lindsay, Fenelon Falls, da Ottawa River, wanda aka yi hayar a shekarar 1872. Layin ya ratsa arewa daga Lindsay ta tsohuwar gundumar Victoria kuma ya ci gaba da tafiya zuwa wani layin dogo na Kanada Pacific da ke kusa da garin Mattawa . Ba da daɗewa ba bayan an canza ma'aunin daga ƙaramin ma'auni zuwa ma'auni na yau da kullun, kuma aka sake sanya wa layin dogo suna "Layin dogo na Victoria." Da farko layin dogo ya fuskanci adawa mai yawa daga garin Peterborough yayin da Lindsay da ƙauyen Fenelon Falls wanda ba a haɗa shi ba, suka goyi bayan aikin da himma. An cire shingen da aka yi wa layin dogo a shekarar 1874 ta hanyar sanya Fenelon Falls ƙauye mai haɗin gwiwa da kuma ƙirƙirar Gundumar Wucin Gadi ta Haliburton daga cikin garuruwan arewacin gundumar Peterborough da Victoria. Tare da kuɗaɗen da aka ware don gina layin dogo a Lindsay a ranar 5 ga Agusta, 1874, ta hanyar umarnin Mai Girma Christopher Finlay Fraser, Kwamishinan Ayyukan Jama'a na Ontario a lokacin. 

Gina layin ya fara ne da ɓangaren da ke tsakanin Lindsay da Kinmount, inda cire manyan kututtun bishiyoyin pine ke haifar da matsala ga ma'aikatan. Baya ga wannan, ana buƙatar gina gadoji da yawa tsakanin garuruwan biyu. Wannan ya haɗa da gada mai tsawon ƙafa 200 a kan Distillery Creek, gada mai tsawon ƙafa 500 da kuma cika ƙafa 3000 a McLaren's Creek, gada mai darajar dala $20,000 a kan Kogin Fenelon, da gada mai tsawon ƙafa 133 a kan Kogin Burnt . An katse aikin layin dogo sau biyu saboda matsalar kuɗi a shekarar 1875. Al'ummar baƙi 300 'yan Iceland ne suka gina layin dogo, waɗanda suka zauna a Kinmount a shekarar 1874. Duk da haka, tare da koma bayan tattalin arziki a shekarar 1875, ciwon ciki ya lalata ƙoƙarin gini. Wannan ya sa baƙi 'yan Iceland suka ƙaura zuwa Manitoba a watan Satumba na 1875. Duk da haka, ginin ya sake ci gaba da ƙaruwa bayan isowar ƙarfe, duk da takunkumin kuɗi a kan aikin. Layin dogo ya sami ƙarin kuɗi lokacin da shugaban aikin, George Laidlaw, ya sami tallafin dala 8,000 a kowace mil daga gwamnatin lardin Ontario da kuma ƙarin dala 3,000 a kowace mil daga Kamfanin Kanada Land and Emigration, wanda ke da mafi yawan Gundumar Haliburton. Babban cikas ga aikin ya zo ne lokacin da wani babban yankan dutse da rami mai nisan mil huɗu a arewacin Kinmount suka tsoma baki a cikin mil 22 na ƙarshe na layin dogo. Layin dogo mai nisan mil 56 daga ƙauyen Lindsay zuwa Haliburton ya buɗe ga zirga-zirga a ranar 26 ga Nuwamba, 1878. 

 Tsarin lokaci 

 1871: Kafa Kamfanin Jirgin Kasa na Fenelon Falls 
 1872: An sake masa suna zuwa Kamfanin Jirgin Ƙasa na Lindsay, Fenelon Falls da Ottawa River 
 1873: An sake masa suna zuwa Kamfanin Jirgin Kasa na Victoria 
 1880: Saye ta hanyar Midland Railway na Kanada
 1882: Haɗakar Kamfanin Jirgin Ƙasa na Victoria, Layin Jirgin Ƙasa na Midland na Kanada, Layin Jirgin Ƙasa na Toronto da Nipissing, Layin Jirgin Ƙasa na Whitby, Port Perry da Lindsay, Layin Jirgin Ƙasa na Toronto da Ottawa da kuma Layin Jirgin Ƙasa na Grand Junction . 

 Manyan tashoshi 

 Lindsay, Ontario
 Cameron, Ontario
 Fenelon Falls, Ontario
 Fell(s), Ontario
 Kogin Burnt, Ontario
 Watsons, Ontario
 Kinmount, Ontario
 Gelert, Ontario
 Lochlin, Ontario
 Donald, Ontario
 Haliburton, Ontario

 Mahadar Howland 
Hanyar Howland ita ce mahadar layin dogo na Victoria da layin dogo na Irondale, Bancroft da Ottawa (IB&O). Tashar ita ce tashar kudu ta IB&O. Wurin da farko tasha ce ta tuta a kan layin dogo na Victoria wanda aka sani da Kendrick's, kuma ya samo sunansa daga kogin Kendrick da ke kusa.  Lokacin da William Myles ya gina hanyar jirgin kasa mai jan dawaki, wato hanyar Tram ta Reshen Myles, wannan wurin musayar da Jirgin Kasa na Victoria ya zama sananne da suna Myles Junction. 

An sake canza wurin zuwa Kinmount Junction bayan durkushewar harkokin kasuwancin Myles a yankin, sannan aka sake canza masa suna zuwa Howland Junction.

 Rufewa 
Layin ya zama wani ɓangare na Layin Jirgin Ƙasa na Kanada a shekarar 1923 bayan ya sayi tsohon Layin Jirgin Ƙasa na Grand Trunk na Kanada. Jirgin ƙasa mai haɗakar kaya/fasinja ya ci gaba har zuwa Satumba, 1960. CN ta nemi a yi watsi da shi a shekarar 1978. Hukumar Sufuri ta Kanada ta amince da yin watsi da layin a shekarar 1981, kuma an fara amfani da mafi yawan layin a shekarar 1983; an fara wani ɗan gajeren sashe na ƙarshe a kudu da Kent St Lindsay a watan Oktoban 1992.  Tsawon layin yanzu shine Layin Jirgin Ƙasa na Haliburton County da kuma hanyoyin nishaɗi na jama'a na Victoria Rail Trail. 

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