J.R. Booth was Canada's lumber baron at the turn of the 20th century. He had the rights to logging in a large section of what is now Algonquin Park. To move his lumber to Ottawa he built a railway through the park. This railway was eventually completed from Ottawa to Parry Sound and was known as the Ottawa Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway. It was completed in 1896.
In 1933 the Cache Lake / Two Rivers trestles were closed. This cut off the western end of the railway and meant that trains no longer went past the Highland Inn. There is a long stretch of trestle that has been left abandoned and is rotting in Cache Lake. Location ID #BR0116
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