All-Time List of Canadian Transit Systems
Ontario Communities (E - K)

Elliot Lake, Ontario

Elliot Lake Transit (1983 - present)
Initial service used school buses of A.J. Bus Lines before vehicles were purchased in 1984 (JJB 2001). (CBC Venture reference [Feb. 1990], CUTA 1992 "non-member") (not in CUTA 1991/2, CUTA 1989, CUTA 1988, Sotnyk 1981, or Perera 1973, photo:Bernard Drouillard [Peter Cox collection]).

Espanola, Ontario

Espanola Transit Co. (? - ?)
Holder of an Ontario Highways Department certificate to operate a scheduled bus service between Espanola and Espanola station (CR&MW June 1928, pp. 364-365).

Fort Erie, Ontario

Fort Erie Transit (1977 - present)
Operated under contract by Dunn the Mover Ltd. (Wikipedia 2011). The Town of Fort Erie also participates in the operation of intermunicipal transit between Fort Erie and Niagara Falls by Niagara Falls Transit. The Fort Erie Link grouped with other regional routes as Niagara Region Transit from 12 September 2011. (CUTA 1992 "non-member", Chow 1998, CTHF/SSG 1998)

system logo	Vehicle fleet	1 bus (2000)
	Data source:	CTHF/SSG 2000 website 2010 (logo)

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Ridgeway - Crystal Beach System

Ontario Southern Railway (circa 15 July 1896 - end of summer 1898 (summers only))
Lightly constructed 1½ mi. (2 km) line between Ridgeway, Ontario and an amusement park at Crystal Beach. Track configuration consisted of one running rail with two guide rails, all mounted on posts 10-30 ft. (3-9 m) above the ground. Current supplied by battery power the first two summers, and by more conventional trolley pole the last summer. Known locally as the "Peg Leg Railway". (Mills 1967, Wikipedia 2010).

Fort Frances, Ontario

? (? - 1996)
Service terminated when provincial government funding support was cut. (CUTA 1992 “non-member”)

Dial-A-Ride (? -present)
Demand-responsive transportation service in Fort Frances. Customers need to book at least 15 minutes in advance. Online brochure date 2006. (online brochure 2011).

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Gananoque, Ontario

Double Decker Shuttle Bus (23 June 2000 - ? (summer season only))
Service operated under the auspices of the 1000 Islands Gananoque Chamber of Commerce. Winter 2000/01 service suspension will be 10 October 2000 - 17 May 2001. (CTN 2000). A visit in the summer of 2009 turned up no evidence of this service. It may have disappeared recently or some years ago (DAW 2009).

Goderich, Ontario
Ontario West Shore Interurban

Ontario West Shore Railway Company (No operation)
Incorporated 1902 (Ont.) as the Huron, Bruce and Grey Electric Railway Company. Renamed Ontario West Shore Electric Railway Company 1903 and OWSRyCo 1909. Track was constructed between Goderich and Kincardine 1908-1911 but the company went bankrupt before operations commenced. Subsequent investigation turned up that investors (including local municipalities) had been defrauded of a significant portion of the company's capital. (Due)

Hawkesbury, Ontario

? (? - 1981?)
"The Transit system in Hawkesbury, Ontario, did not return the General Statistical Questionnaire for the 1981 and 1982 calendar year to the Canadian Urban Transit Association (CUTA)." -- Sotnyk. (not in CUTA 1991/2, CUTA 1989, CUTA 1988 or Perera 1973)

Huntsville, Ontario

Huntsville Public Transit (? - present)
Contract operator is Campbell Bus Lines (email 2002).

system logo	Vehicle fleet	1 minibus
	Data source:	Web site 2002

Kawartha Lakes, Ontario

Lindsay Lines Limited (circa 1950 - February 1953)
Affiliated with Local Lines Ltd. of Sudbury (Canadian Coach 1970, photo: Peter Cox).

Lindsay Bus Lines (February 1953 - ?)
(Canadian Coach 1970).

Fred C. DeNure [Ltd.] (? - circa July 1970)
Denure Bus Co. was induced by a municipal subsidy to continue it's transit operations in Lindsay in December 1959 (RS). (Canadian Coach 1970).

Algar Coach Lines Ltd. (circa July 1970 - ?)
(Canadian Coach 1970). Perera 1973 lists that the Town of Lindsay received transit operating subsidies from the provincial government. Perera 1973 also lists a contact with Stock-Algar Coach Lines Ltd. in Lindsay. ACL acquired by Travelways circa mid 1974 (Canadian Coach 1974).

Lindsay Transit (circa 1978? - present)
Prior to 2001 was also often listed as Town of Lindsay Transit Department. (pb89, CUTA 1992 “non-member”, CTHF/SSG 1998, website 2011). (not in CUTA 1991/2 or CUTA 1989) (Photos: W.E. Miller [Peter Cox collection], Luke Olszewski)

system logo	Vehicle fleet	3 minibuses
	Data sources:	CTHF/SSG 2000 (1998 data) website 2010 (logo)

Kawartha Lakes Rural Transit (04 July 2011 - present)
A one-year pilot project by the City of Kawartha Lakes to provide weekly bus service to rural parts of Kawartha Lakes was begun 04 July 2011. Communities served include Fenelon Falls, Bobcaygeon, and Omemee. No additional fare transfering between Lindsay Transit and Rural Transit is part of the service. (website 2011).

Kenora - Keewatin, Ontario

Excel Coach Lines Ltd. (1934 - circa 1993?)
Excel operates transit style services in Kenora and between Kenora and neighbouring Keewatin. (Luke & Metler, p. 83, CC71, TC76, APR circa 1989, CUTA 1992 "non-member") Service over four routes, under contracts to Kenora and Keewatin. (Photos: William A. Luke, Peter Cox collection, David A. Wyatt).

Kenora Transit (circa 1993? - present)
(not in CUTA 1991/2, CUTA 1989, CUTA 1988, Sotnyk 1981, or Perera 1973) CTHF/SSG 2000 lists Kenora Transit with at least one vehicle acquired as early as 1993. Website (2002) mentions the name Tri-Municipal Bus Services. Photographs from 1999 show buses carried the inscription “Operated by Excel Coach Lines Ltd.” (photo Kevin Nichol).

Kirkland Lake, Ontario

McLellan Transportation Company Limited (1952 - circa 1993)
Company established 1923 (RS). (CC73, CUTA 1988, CUTA 1989, CUTA 1992 "non-member"). (not in CUTA 1991/2, Sotnyk 1981)