Franz
General information
LocationFranz, Ontario
Canada
Coordinates48°27′45″N 84°24′40″W / 48.46250°N 84.41111°W / 48.46250; -84.41111
Owned byVia Rail
Construction
Structure typeSign post
History
Previous namesCanadian Pacific Railway
Services
Preceding station Via Rail Following station
Swanson
toward White River
 Sudbury–White River Lochalsh
toward Sudbury
Former services
Preceding station Canadian National Railway Following station
Dubreuilville
toward Sault Ste. Marie
 Algoma Central Railway Hilda
toward Hearst
Preceding station Canadian Pacific Railway Following station
Amyot
toward Vancouver
 Main Line Lochalsh
toward Montreal Windsor

Franz railway station is a railway station located in the community of Franz, Unorganized North part Algoma District, northeastern Ontario, Canada.[1] It is a Via Rail flag stop station on the Sudbury – White River train; service by the Algoma Central Railway ended in July 2015.[2][3][4]

In Popular Culture

In his autobiography, Stompin’ Tom: Before the Fame (Viking, 1995), Canadian country/folk-singing legend Stompin’ Tom Connors relates the story from the early 1950s of him and a travelling companion, Steve Foote, disembarking from a freight car as the train they were on slowed through Franz. “When the train slowed down at one point,” Connors writes, “we figured we must be coming into Hearst [their destination]. So we jumped off and decided to walk into town. But there was no town. There was only a railroad gang there — mainly Métis or Cree — and only one building where they all ate and slept.” A worker told them they had “made a big mistake” and were “still out in the middle of the bush.” After inquiring after the foreman for work, the latter — who “looked like a big bear” — “started up the tracks with a big shovel in his hand, hollering, ‘get the f—— out of here before I cut your heads off with this spade!’” It took Connors and Foote four and half days of walking the tracks to get to Hearst, a distance Connors estimated at over a hundred miles.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Franz". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2011-01-22.
  2. ↑ Map 12 (PDF) (Map). 1 : 1,600,000. Official road map of Ontario. Ministry of Transportation of Ontario. 2010-01-01. Retrieved 2011-07-11.
  3. ↑ "Summer schedule". Algoma Central Railway. 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-08-27. Retrieved 2011-07-11.
  4. ↑ Della-Mattia, Elaine (October 31, 2018). "Passenger train advocates still seeking funding; certificates in place to operate train". Sault Star. Retrieved February 7, 2019.
  5. ↑ Connors, Stompin’ Tom (1995). Stompin' Tom: Before the Fame. Toronto: Viking. p. 233.
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