This article is about a historic railway which operated in the British colony of Canada West, later the Canadian province of Ontario. For other articles of the same name, see Great Western Railway (disambiguation) .
The was a historic
Canadian railway that operated in
Canada West and later the province of
Ontario , following
Confederation . Entrepreneur
Samuel Zimmerman was instrumental in promoting its construction.
This system stretched 1371 kilometers, running from
Niagara Falls to
Toronto and connecting lines to
London ,
Windsor and communities in the
Bruce Peninsula . Having begun operations in
1853 , the company was purchased in
August 1882 by the
Grand Trunk Railway system and fully merged by
1884 .
