About Capreol

The history of Capreol is largely dependent on the history of the Railroad. The Canadian Northern Railway had pushed north through this area by 1908, but in 1915 the track was moved from the west to the east bank of the Vermillion River in Capreol. The town was created as a result of the formation of a divisional point.

After Frank Dennie overheard plans of creating a junction where the rail coming north from Toronto would meet the rail line being built from Montreal, he sought the homesteader and purchased the 300 acres of land in question for $250. He then offtered to give the land to the railway providing they promised to make Capreol a divisional point with shops, a roundhouse and other railroad buildings. Several of the streets in Capreol are named after him and his sons.

Click here for a more complete history of Capreol.

Click here for information on the towns of Sellwood and Milnet.

Click here for information about Fred and Cela Sloman, their family and the "School on Wheels".