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Company History: The Mattagami Railroad is a retired Canadian railroad that operated 3.3 miles (5.3 km) of track in Ontario for freight and passenger services from 1927–1998 with the passenger service ending in 1966. The road was taken over by Ontario Northland. They operated from the National transcontinental railways mainline to a mill owned by Abitibi Fibre company in Smooth Rock Falls.

The MATT has the distinction of being the shortest standard gauge railroad built in Canada. The 3.3 mile line was opened in 1927 to link the Atibiti Fiber Company mill in Smooth Rock Falls, Ontario with the Canadian National (originally National Transcontinental Railway) mainline. A 2-6-0 and a 4-6-0 worked the line in the steam era. Dieselization began with a GE 50-tonner delivered in 1951. It was later traded in for an S4 and finally an ex-Algoma Central GP7. Passenger service persisted until 1966 by way of mixed train. Ultimately, the mill was sold and operations on the Mattagami Railroad were turned over to Ontario Northland in 1998.

Successor/Parent History: The Ontario Northland Railway (reporting mark ONT) is a Canadian railway operated by the Ontario Northland Transportation Commission, a provincial Crown agency of the government of Ontario.

Its north-south mainline is located entirely in Ontario, and has a southern terminus at North Bay, passing through Cochrane, and a northern terminus at Moosonee, several miles south of the shore of James Bay. An east-west secondary mainline connects Calstock (near Hearst) with Cochrane, and a line extends from Swastika (south of Cochrane) into the neighbouring province of Quebec, where it terminates at Rouyn-Noranda. The railway's branch from Swastika to Rouyn-Noranda, including 40 kilometres of track in Quebec, is operated by a subsidiary, the Nipissing Central Railway. Shorter spur lines also exist running west from Rock Junction to Sherman Mine, south-west from Porquis Junction to Kidd Creek Mine, about 22 km east of Timmins, north-east from Porquis to Iroquois Falls and south from Opaz Junction to Agrium mine site.

Originally built to develop the Lake Timiskaming and Lake Nipissing areas, the railway soon became a major factor in the economic growth of the province. After decades of difficult construction through the Canadian Shield, workers reached James Bay in 1932. While blasting the route through the shield, geologists discovered deposits of valuable minerals such as gold, silver, copper and nickel. The railway also made it possible to exploit the timber resources of Northern Ontario.

Brief History: Canada is a North American country stretching from the U.S. in the south to the Arctic Circle in the north. Major cities include massive Toronto, west coast film centre Vancouver, French-speaking Montréal and Québec City, and capital city Ottawa. Canada's vast swaths of wilderness include lake-filled Banff National Park in the Rocky Mountains. It's also home to Niagara Falls, a famous group of massive waterfalls.