Great Northern Railway
of Canada

The Short, New and Most Direct Route
-Between-
Chicago, Milwaukee, Duluth, Fort William,
All Western Points and
...The Great Lakes To...
Europe via Parry Sound (Depot Harbor),
Canada Atlantic and Great Northern
Railways,
to Quebec, thence Ocean Steamer.

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800 miles Shorter than via Buffalo and New York

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Unsurpassed facilities for handling Freight at Quebec.
New and Modern Elevator (capacity 1,000,000 bushels)
Deep water all the year round.

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Mileage

Hawkesbury to Quebec ..............................226 Miles
Montreal-Joliette Extension ....................... 40 Miles
Branch Lines .............................................. 8 Miles
Total ...................................................... 274 Miles

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Summer Homes, Grand Scenery, Good Fishing and Hunting 
among the Laurentian Hills.
The Famous Shawenegan Falls-The Niagara of the
East-only Four hours run from Quebec.
Magnificent water-powers at various points along the Line,
offering unexcelled sites for manufacturing industries.

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General Offices: Quebec, P.Q.

Guy Tombs, J.G. Scott, 

General Freight & Passenger Agent General Manager 

from: Annals of the Port of Quebec 1535-1900 http://ist.uwaterloo.ca/~marj/genealogy/quebecport1901.html
(Note the spelling of Shawenegan now known as Shawinigan).