Ottawa, Arnprior da Parry Sound Railway

Jirgin ƙasa na Ottawa, Arnprior da Parry Sound, ko OA&PS, wani layin dogo ne na tarihi wanda ke aiki a tsakiya da gabashin Ontario, Kanada, daga 1897 zuwa 1959. A wani lokaci hanyar jirgin ƙasa ce mafi cunkoso a Kanada,  tana ɗauke da kayayyakin katako da na itace daga yankunan Algonquin Provincial Park na yanzu, da kuma har zuwa kashi 40% na zirga-zirgar hatsi daga yammacin Kanada daga Depot Harbour a Parry Sound zuwa kwarin Kogin St. Lawrence .

John Rudolphus Booth, wani hamshakin mai sayar da katako na ƙasar Kanada a ƙarni na 19 kuma ɗan kasuwa wanda ke da haƙƙin katako mai yawa a yankin Algonquin da kuma wani babban kamfanin yin katako a tsakiyar birnin Ottawa ne ya gina layin dogo. Domin buɗe kasuwannin kayayyakin injin, ya sayi layukan Donald Macdonald kuma ya kafa Kanada Atlantic Railway (CAR) daga Ottawa zuwa Vermont. Don samar da injinan, OA&PS ta jigilar katako daga ko'ina cikin tsakiyar Ontario . Tare, OA&PS da CAR sun ba da damar jigilar kaya daga yammacin Kanada zuwa yankunan gabashin teku na Amurka. An haɗa layukan a ƙarƙashin alamar CAR a shekarar 1899, aka sayar da su ga Babban Jirgin Ƙasa na Lambun a shekarar 1905.

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 Daular katako 
John Egan ya buɗe katangar katako a tsakiyar Ontario a shekarun 1840 da igiyoyin injinan yanka da nama a gefen Kogin Ottawa . Yankin magudanar ruwa na kogin ya ba da damar yin iyo a kan rafts na katako zuwa ga injinan daga wani babban yanki, kuma Egan ya sayi filaye a duk faɗin tsakiyar Ontario don ciyar da injinan katako ga injinan. A shekara ta 1854, faduwar farashin pine mai launin ja ta tilasta wa daular baki ɗaya cikin fatara, kuma Egan ya mayar da hankalinsa ga siyasa. 

A shekara ta 1867, John Rudolphus Booth ya sayi motar kirar 250. yanki mai murabba'in mil na filayen Egan a gefen yamma na Algonquin Park na yau. Booth ya ci gaba da ƙara wa tarin kadarorinsa kuma a shekarun 1890 ya riƙe mallakar sama da 7,000. Murabba'in mil na filaye. An mayar da aikin injin niƙa mai ƙarfi a ayyukan Booth a Chaudiere Falls da ke tsakiyar birnin Ottawa, wanda ya samo asali a matsayin mafi girman aikin injin niƙa mafi girma a duniya.  Da farko an fara yin aikin yin katako a yankunan da ke da sauƙin shiga hanyoyin ruwa da ke kaiwa Kogin Ottawa, amma da zarar lokaci ya yi, sai a fara amfani da su.

 Shiga cikin layin dogo 
A shekarar 1884, Booth ya shiga duniyar layin dogo ta hanyar kafa layin dogo na Nosbonsing da Nipissing, wanda ya kai tsawon kilomita 5½. layin dogo mai nisan mil wanda ya ba da damar ɗaukar katako da aka tara a cikin Tafkin Nipissing zuwa Tafkin Nosbonsing, wanda ya haɗu da Ottawa. Layin dogo na asali na sirri ne, amma an ba shi hayar a 1886  bayan takaddama da Layin Dogon Arewa da Pacific Junction kan haƙƙin ketarewa. 

Daga nan sai Booth ta fara wani babban shirin faɗaɗa layin dogo, don samar da injinan niƙa daga yankunan da ba na Kogin ba, da kuma aika kayayyakin daga injinan niƙa na Ottawa zuwa kasuwannin da ba a cika samun su ta hanyar St. Lawrence ba. Wannan shirin ya fara ne da siyan jirgin ƙasa na Macdonald na Montreal da kuma na Birnin Ottawa Junction Railway ( M& O) daga Ottawa zuwa Coteau Junction, inda ya haɗu da layin jirgin ƙasa na Grand Trunk da ke yammacin Montreal , da kuma Kamfanin Layin Jirgin Ƙasa na Coteau da "Biography of John Ega", Dictionary of Canadian Biography

 Zaɓar hanyar 
Wani rukunin bincike mai mutane 24 karkashin jagorancin George Mountain ya bar Ottawa a ranar 20 ga Nuwamba 1891 don yin bincike kan layin da ke ratsa Gundumar Nipissing, suka dawo a ranar 8 ga Maris 1892. Sun yi bincike kan mutane 120. mil na hanya bayan tafiyar sama da 500 mil a cikin ƙasa mai wahala da ƙafa, suna ɗauke da kayansu a kan sleds. 

An yi hayar jirgin ƙasa na Parry Sound Colonization Railway (PSCR) a shekarar 1885  don gina layin dogo mai gajeren layi daga Parry Sound, Ontario zuwa sabuwar hanyar jirgin ƙasa ta Northern and Pacific Junction wadda ta ratsa garin zuwa gabas. A shekarar 1891 kimanin 20 An shimfida layin mil daga Scotia Junction zuwa Bear Lake, wanda bai kai rabin hanyar zuwa Parry Sound ba, lokacin da kamfanin ya ƙare da kuɗin gina layin a ranar 30 ga Satumba 1892, da alama bayan sun ji cewa CPR tana sha'awar layinsu. 

Da yake an gyara ƙarshen gabas da yamma, an fara wani bincike tsakanin Long Lake da Emsdale a watan Nuwamba na 1893.  A ranar 28 ga Maris 1893, CPR ta shigar da shirye-shiryen da ke kira da a haɗa OA&PS kusa da Golden Lake, amma har yanzu ba a fara ginawa ba. Wannan layin zai samar da sabis ga Eganville tare da OA&PS, kuma mazauna yankin sun yi shakku sosai bayan an yi musu alƙawarin aikin CPR a 1875. 

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