By Chitra Ramaswamy, Deccan Herald; March 25, 2018
A sun-draped Ontario morning sees us board the train at the Algoma Central station in Sault Ste Marie. We sink into the comfortable seats of the passenger car and are ready to take on the slow, four-hour, 114-mile ride into the Agawa Canyon, an area that is only accessible by hiking trail or rail, more specifically the Algoma Central Railway. The interiors of the carriage are tastefully decked with muted red seats. The state-of-the-art onboard audio-video system begins its well-spaced commentary as the train pulls out from downtown Sault Ste Marie.
No sooner do we pass the brick, cement and mortar constructs of the city’s industrial area and the famed International Bridge, than we see dense forests in various shades of green take over, and we are whisked by a ribbon of steel into a wonderland of pristine vistas.
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