the southern terminus starting on July 1, 1890. Prior to that, on April 5, the Northern Adirondack Extension was merged into the Northern Adirondack Railroad. In 1887 Patrick Ducey, who owned a large tract of land south of Brandon, had built his own logging railroad from his jackworks in Black Rapids to a point on the Northern Adirondack Extension Railroad called Black Rapids Junction. Although the John Hurd-owned railroad was not completed and officially opened, it could be assumed that some kinds of shipments were hauled out from Ducey's operations. This small line would become Northern Adirondack Railroad property about 1889, when the line opened to Tupper Lake. In 1892, the Mohawk and Malone Railway was completed and crossed the northern Adirondacks at Tupper Lake Junction, just west of Tupper Lake. One of the last items that the Northern Adirondack Extension Railroad had done was to negotiate for trackage rights over the Saratoga and St. Lawrence Railroad, which was running at that time from Moira to Bombay on the Grand Trunk Railway's United States and Canada Railroad, which was a line that linked Massena to Montreal. John Hurd had plans to add this small rail line to his own company. Ontario Pacific Railway: 1882–1897 The Ontario Pacific Railway concept was originally planned out by Cornwall, Ontario, politicians Dr. Darby Bergin (Member of Parliament) and Joseph Kerr (Member of the Legislature) in 1880. Four plans were brought up: Plan #1 – line starting at Cornwall and head to Crysler, then end at Perth. A branch from Cornwall to Ottawa was included. The Ottawa terminus was on King Edward Avenue on the University of Ottawa campus. Plan #2 – line starting at Cornwall and head to Newington, then run through Smiths Falls, ending at Perth. A branch from Cornwall to Ottawa was included. Plan #3 – line starting at Cornwall and head to Newington, then run through Smiths Falls, ending at Perth. A branch from Cornwall to Crysler was included. Plan #4 – line starting at Cornwall and head to Newington, then run through Smiths Falls, Perth, Glen Tay and Actinolite, then junction at Madoc to the Grand Junction Railway, where running rights could be granted to Peterborough; more running rights over the Midland Railway of Canada from Peterborough to Orillia; then another granting of running rights over the Northern & North Western Railway from Orillia to Gravenhurst. There, the company would