Moodie Drive bridge, Beachburg sub - Nepean, ON

Waymark Code: WMRKFY

Posted co-ordinates are for the shoulder of Moodie Drive southbound, just north of the bridge. Moodie Drive is busy. Take care.

A short distance to the south, the Carleton Place subdivision (abandoned since 1990) of the CPR (Canadian Pacific Railway) crossed Moodie Drive as a level crossing. However, the Beachburg subdivision of the CNR (Canadian National Railway) was built upon a significant embankment. A bridge was required to cross Moodie Drive.

The much older railway (the Carleton Place sub) began as the Canada Central Railway in 1870. Forty-five years later, the Canadian Northern's Beachburg sub was built with a bridge crossing the Carleton Place sub and Moodie Drive.

100 - Etta E Milton - Pinecrest, Ottawa, Ontario

Waymark Code: WMRJTA

This memorial is in the old urn garden, plot UGI-17.

ETTA E. MILTON
1880-1980

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The text below is taken from The Ottawa Citizen newspaper, 22 November 1980, page 66.

In hospital on Thursday, November 20, 1980, Etta Robertson of Ottawa, in her 101st year. Beloved wife of the late Rufus Palmer Milton. Dear mother of Mrs. Patricia Stevenson of Ottawa. Also survived by several nieces and nephews. A private service was held at the Tubman Funeral Home followed by cremation.

According to the New Brunswick marriage registration, Etta Robertson of Hillsboro married Rufus P Milton in Albert county, 15 September 1909.

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Carling Avenue bridge, Beachburg sub - Nepean, ON

Waymark Code: WMRKFR

For best viewing, I encourage you to park in the no-cost visitors parking at the Shirley's Bay Communications Research Centre Campus.

The following co-ordinates for parking are near WMA153 (N 45° 20.715 W 075° 52.995).

The Canadian National Railway trans-continental line here dates back to 1915 and became known as the Beachburg subdivision. One hundred years later, the tracks are gone, the line abandoned from Nepean Junction.

This bridge across Carling Avenue (then Ontario highway 17) dates back to 1925. Measuring from Hurdman, this bridge is at milepost 15.2.

The old, small bridge was not designed for the busy automobile traffic. It is dangerous to venture near the road. Please use the posted co-ordinates for your photography and stay off the road.

104 - Helen B Bruce - Pinecrest, Ottawa, Ontario

This memorial is in the urn garden, UGB17.

BRUCE
JAMES C.
1888-1971
HELEN B.
1888-1992

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The text below is taken from The Ottawa Citizen newspaper, 25 October 1992, page F8.

BRUCE, Helen Barrie
Peacefully at Sherwood Nursing Home, on Saturday, October 24, 1992, in her 105th year. Beloved wife of the late James C. Bruce. Daughter of the late John Graham and Helen Barrie. Loving mother of Airlie of Port Huron, Michigan, Cameron (Margaret) of Burlington, Ontario and Douglas (Lois) of Ottawa. Also survived by six grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. Friends may call at the Central Chapel of Hulse, Playfair & McGarry, 315 McLeod Street on Monday and Tuesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Service in the Chapel on Wednesday at 2 p.m. Memorial donations to the C.N.I.B. or St. Giles Presbyterian Church would be appreciated.

According to the Manitoba marriage registration (1913-014003), Helen Barry Graham married James Charles Bruce in Winnipeg, 27 March 1913.

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Richmond Road bridge, Beachburg sub - Nepean, ON

Waymark Code: WMRKFM

For best viewing, go behind the Metro grocery store at 1811 Robertson Road.

Before the bridge was built in 1970, there was a level crossing here with vehicle traffic along Richmond Road. The busy Canadian National Railway (CNR) Beachburg subdivision was a trans-continental mainline and needed a bridge here. By 2016, the Beachburg sub has been abandoned west of Nepean Junction. At Nepean Junction these rails connect with the otherwise isolated Renfrew subdivision.

This bridge was built wide enough for two sets of tracks. However, another set of tracks was not put in place. Immediately west of the bridge, there was a switch for a parking track built on a remnant of the Carleton Place sub (abandoned 1990). Those tracks were still in situ in 2014. Immediately east of the bridge there was a switch for a passing track that had been used when Bells Corners was still a station stop.

This section of the Beachburg sub dates back to 1915. When the Beachburg sub was measured from Hurdman, this crossing of Richmond Road (then known as Ontario highway 15) was at milepost 11.65.

102 - Oliver Gage - Pinecrest, Ottawa, Ontario w

Waymark Code: WMRHVE

This monument is in section S, lot 293-1.

OLIVER GAGE
1878-1980
BELOVED HUSBAND OF
DOROTHEA H. TAME
1908-1999

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The text below is taken from The Ottawa Citizen newspaper, 1 November 1980, page 50.

At his home on Friday, October 31, 1980, Oliver Gage, beloved husband of Dorothea Tame. Survived by 1 niece in Saskatoon, Mrs. Evelyn Hill and nieces and nephews in England. Resting at Hulse and Playfair, Central Chapel, 315 McLeod St., 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday and 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m., Sunday. Service in the Chapel on Monday at 1 p.m. Interment Pinecrest Cemetery.

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100 - Mary Ann Coe - Pinecrest, Ottawa, Ontario

Waymark Code: WMRHVF

The monument is in section S, lot 215-1.

MARY ANN COE
JAN. 1, 1890
AUG. 23, 1990

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The text below is taken from The Ottawa Citizen newspaper, 26 August 1990, page D12.

COE, Mary (Polly) Peacefully on Thursday, August 23, 1990, Mary Ann Coe (Lecombre). Widow of William Albert Coe. Cousin of Sarah Peters of Essex, England, and friend of Margaret Donohoe. A private interment service was held on Saturday, August 25 at Pinecrest Cemetery.

According to the London and Surrey, England, Marriage Bonds and Allegations; Mary Le Comber of St Batholomew, Bethnal Green, married William Albert Coe, 2 May 1918.