It connected the Northern Railway of Canada's endpoint in Gravenhurst to the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) at Nipissing Junction, near North Bay.
The railway was incorporated in 1881 as the Northern, North-Western, and Sault Ste.
Marie Railway Company,[1] changing its name to N&PJ in 1883.
[3] Construction was commenced at Gravenhurst in 1885 and completed to a connection with the CPR in 1886, at which time the line was leased to its owners.
[4] Following the amalgamation of its owners with the Grand Trunk Railway in 1888,[5] the N&PJ was merged with the GTR in 1892,[6] which later became part of the Canadian National Railways.