 At Port McNicoll the grain was loaded into box cars, for shipment to the Port of Montreal, via Orillia and Lindsay.From 1912, Port McNicoll was home port of the CPR's passenger and package freight steamships, "SS Keewatin" and flagship "SS Assiniboia".The steamers would take on passengers from the "boat train", arriving from Toronto, upbound to Port Arthur / Fort William to connect with their trains there.