Department of the Pacific Department of the Pacific The Department of the Pacific or Pacific Department was a major command (Department) of the United States Army during the 19th century. The Department of the Pacific was created on October 31, 1853, at San Francisco, California, replacing the older Pacific Division, (1848-53) and abolishing the existing 10th (California) and 11th (Oregon) Departments, consolidating them within the new Department. The department reported directly to the headquarters of the Army in Washington, D.C.. It oversaw the military affairs in the country west of the Rocky Mountains (California, Oregon Territory, and Washington Territory), except for the Utah Territory
Georgian Bay and Seaboard Railway Highway 12 and Concession 3, Eldon on Highway 46 (some distance from the town of Eldon), Balsam Lake was moved to Lorneville and is now a general store, and Grass Hill was moved to a farm three miles east of Oakwood. Georgian Bay and Seaboard Railway The Georgian Bay and Seaboard Railway (GB&S) was a former short-line railway in Ontario, Canada, owned and operated by Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR). The first sections opened in 1908, and the entire route was fully completed in 1912. The GB&S was designed to compete with the Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway (OA&PS). Both