Kingsport Wharf

Kingsport Wharf

Built in several stages, this wharf eventually reached 470 foot in length. It was owned by the Canadian federal government but leased by the DAR for a spur line which ran the entire length of the wharf along the east side. Kingsport trains used the wharf daily in the summertime to connect to DAR steamers such as SS Prince Albert and the MV Kipawo as well as occaisional large cargo steamers and coastal schooners. Boxcars and flatcars were often spotted on the wharf and left to deliver or receive specific freight when ships were expected.

The wharf spur ended beside the wharf lighthouses at the tip. A dismounted DAR boxcar first served as a freight shed. It was replaced in 1927 by a combined freight shed and passenger shelter built to serve the Kipawo. The shed and wharf were destroyed in a fire in 1947. A second shed was built after the fire. When rail service ended in 1961, the freight shed was moved into the village and converted to a cottage.

At one time a siding was located on the wharf, but it was removed by 1911.