A golden route north — Part 2

In this second instalment, the 1907 journey of surveyor J.H. Teare to link the Bruce Mines & Algoma (“Nip & Tuck”) Railway to the Canadian Pacific transcontinental line is followed.
TEARE’S TASK
On the morning of Oct. 1, 1907, James Henry Teare’s task was simple, but the challenges ahead were not. His goal was to travel southwest, via canoe and portage, over the height of land to survey a route by which the Bruce Mines & Algoma Railway (BM & A) could conne