Submittted by the Central Frontenac Railway Heritage Society | Jul 02, 2020
Along the K&P Trail, in the heart of Sharbot Lake, the Railway Heritage Park and Walkway invites visitors to discover and celebrate Frontenac’s rich rail history.
The Railway Heritage Walkway is a series of informative signs along the former K&P track bed. Maps of the Walkway are available in the mailbox at the caboose in Railway Heritage Park on Elizabeth Street (or online at www.kickandpushca.wordpress.com).
The railway museum in the caboose is open Saturdays from 11-3 during the summer. The outdoor displays are always open, and a railway-themed playground, picnic tables, and head-in-the-hole photo stand makes it a comfortable and fun spot for families.
Heading south from the park, the Railway Heritage Walkway follows the K&P Trail through Thomson’s Cut, named for Thomson’s Mill, the largest of five sawmills in the village. The walkway continues past the beach and across the causeway. It finishes at a fork in the trail which is actually one corner of a huge triangle (or “wye”) where trains could do a three-point turn to change direction. If you are biking, you can head left on the K&P Trail south to Kingston, or head to the right on The Great Trail -- west to Vancouver!
The causeway was originally built in 1876 by the Kingston & Pembroke Railway (known as the K&P or "Kick & Push"). The railway had been blasted through the Canadian Shield, to bring the natural resources of Frontenac County to the docks in Kingston.
Back in the late 1800s, the stores in the village were stocked with goods which came daily from Kingston on the new railway. For farmers, a trip to the city now took hours instead of days. Passenger service disappeared after World War II, as automobiles took over, and the final section of track was torn up in 1986.
The trackbed of the Kingston & Pembroke Railway has now become the K&P Trail, part of a nationwide recreational trail network that gives Sharbot Lake a brand new link to the rest of Canada.
Lake, the Railway Heritage Park and Walkway
invites visitors to discover and celebrate
Frontenac’s rich rail history.
The Railway Heritage Walkway is a series
of informative signs along the former K&P
track bed. Maps of the Walkway are available
in the mailbox at the caboose in Railway
Heritage Park on Elizabeth Street (or online
at kickandpushca.wordpress.com).
The railway museum in the caboose is open
Saturdays from 11-3 during the summer. The
outdoor displays are always open, and a
railway-themed playground, picnic tables,
and head-in-the-hole photo stand makes it
a comfortable and fun spot for families.
Heading south from the park, the Railway
Heritage Walkway follows the K&P Trail
through Thomson’s Cut, named for Thomson’s
Mill, the largest of five sawmills in the
village. The walkway continues past the beach
and across the causeway. It finishes at a fork
in the trail which is actually one corner of a
huge triangle (or “wye”) where trains could
do a three-point turn to change direction. If
you are biking, you can head left on the K&P
Trail south to Kingston, or head to the right
on The Great Trail -- west to Vancouver!
The causeway was originally built in 1876 by
the Kingston & Pembroke Railway (known as
the K&P or "Kick & Push"). The railway had
been blasted through the Canadian Shield,
to bring the natural resources of Frontenac
County to the docks in Kingston.
Back in the late 1800s, the stores in the village
were stocked with goods which came
daily from Kingston on the new railway. For
farmers, a trip to the city now took hours
instead of days. Passenger service disappeared
after World War II, as automobiles
took over, and the final section of track was
torn up in 1986.
The trackbed of the Kingston & Pembroke
Railway has now become the K&P Trail, part
of a nationwide recreational trail network
that gives Sharbot Lake a brand new link to
the rest of Canada.
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