Journey Through The Past

Grenier Hill, originally uploaded by Light Collector.

From my brother, Bob Charlton aka Light Collector. The Flickr page (click on photo above) shows what happened to the Charlton House in Shawinigan.

Across the street from my grandfather’s house in Shawinigan Falls, Quebec was Grenier Hill. I can remember as a boy, sitting on the grass at the top of the hill and watching the trains in the yard at the bottom of the hill. For many years, I could not be sure that the memory was real or not, and today I came across this photo in an old album which clearly shows the tracks and a three bay engine house, middle left. The trains were steam then, but unfortunately, there are no trains in the picture.

This photo was scanned from the photo album and includes the caption in white ink, written by my father. It appears to have been taken during the winter of 1937.