 A lack of further funding prevented further expansion northward, and the bridge was eventually closed in 1882.When the Grand Trunk Railway purchased the Midland Railway of Canada they also took over the P&CL on 23 March 1888, and finally completed the line a further four miles to Chemong Lake in 1891, ending at a point known as Bridge Landing (today known as Bridgenorth).This was used for only a short time until it was again abandoned in 1902.