Sharbot Lake in Central Frontenac in Frontenac County, Ontario — Central Canada (North America)

Shop Crate

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., May 12, 2025

1. Shop Crate Marker

Inscription.

This box was used for holding a variety of materials at the Canadian National Railways Pointe St. Charles Shops in Montreal, where our Railway Heritage Park caboose was built in September 1976. The box was moved with a fork lift.

Photo by Ron Visokis, 1977

Erected by Central Frontenac Railway Heritage Society.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Railroads & Streetcars.

Location. 44° 46.443′ N, 76° 41.314′ W. Marker is in Central Frontenac, Ontario, in Frontenac County. It is in Sharbot Lake. It is on Elizabeth Street just north of Robert Street, on the left when traveling north. Marker and Shop Crate are in the Railway Heritage Park, adjacent to the former Canadian Pacific Railway grade, now part of the Trans Canada Trail. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1110 Elizabeth Street, Central Frontenac ON K0H 2P0, Canada. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Eastern Ontario

and specifically in Southeastern Ontario.

It is also in Central Canada.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

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the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once a British colony,

the Viceroyalty of New France,

the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

and Rupert’s Land.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Railway Connections To and From Sharbot Lake (here, next to this marker); The Railway in Sharbot Lake (here, next to this marker); Caboose (here, next to this marker); Welcome to the Central Frontenac Railway Heritage Society Railway Displays (a few steps from this marker); The Origins of the "Kick & Push" (a few steps from this marker); Some Stories From The Kingston & Pembroke Railway (a few steps from this marker); Yard Limit (a few steps from this marker); History of the Bell (a few steps from this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Central Frontenac.

Also see . . . Railway Heritage Park, Sharbot Lake ON. (Submitted on May 28, 2025, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)

Shop Crate and Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., May 12, 2025

2. Shop Crate and Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on May 28, 2025. It was originally submitted on May 28, 2025, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 91 times since then and 11 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on May 28, 2025, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.