100,000 people per year toured Agawa Canyon. Moments of Algoma Group of Seven In 2015, White Pine Pictures released the award-winning documentary film "Painted Land: in Search of the Group of Seven" which was shot along the rail corridor. In 2016 the Moments of Algoma project was launched by the Algoma Kinniwabi Travel Association, inviting tourists to follow the Group of Seven's travels, experiences and expressions of the region. The driving tour begins in Bruce Mines and follows the shoreline of Lake Huron and Lake Superior as far as Nipigon. Rail passengers will find more interpretive Installations in Agawa Canyon and at the train station in Sault Ste. Marie. In popular culture The railway is the subject of the song "Algoma Central 69" by Stompin' Tom Connors. The Agawa Canyon Tour Train has continued to operate as a separate entity since 2015. The 2020 season of the Agawa Canyon tour train was cancelled due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Rail sidings Rail sidings along the ACR route are named, from south to north: Odena, Heyden, Northland, Goulais, Wabos, Achigan, Ogidaki, Mashkode, Mekatina, Summit, Batchewana, Regent, Hubert, Frater, Canyon, Eton, Agawa, Tabor, Perry, Limer, Hawk Junction (Yard), Alden, Goudreau, Wanda, Franz, Scully, Hilda, Mosher, Dana, Langdon, Oba, Hale, Horsey, Mead, Coppell, Stavert (at the community of Jogues) and Wyborn (part of and on the west side of the town of Hearst). See also Algoma Eastern Railway Huron Central Railway List of Ontario railways References Further reading Wilson, D. (1974). Tracks of the Black Bear, the Story of the Algoma Central Railway. Sudbury: Green Tree Publishing Company Ltd. Wilson, D. (1984). The Algoma Central Railway Story, The Clergue Era. Sudbury, ON: Nickel Belt Rails Publishers. External links Agawa Canyon Tour Train Algoma Central Railway Passenger Train Algoma Central Corporation Unofficial Algoma Central Railway Home Page Algoma Central Railway System Map Moments of Algoma Canadian National Railway subsidiaries Defunct Ontario railways Rail transport in Algoma District Rail transport in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario 1899 establishments in Ontario Canadian companies established in 1899 Standard gauge railways in Canada