This is by no means an exhaustive list of information. I welcome your additions.

Books:

"By Steam Boat and Steam Train", Niall MacKay, Boston Mills Press, 1994.

(Entire book about the Huntsville and Lake of Bays Railway and Navigation Company)

"Narrow Gauge Railways of Canada", Omer Lavallee, Railfare Books, 1972

(Three pages on the railway, including photos and a map)

"Narrow Gauge Railways of Canada", Omer Lavallee, edited by Ron Ritchie, Fitzhenry and Whiteside, 2005

(Eight pages on the railway, including colour photos, roster and a map)

"Rebirth of the Portage Flyer", Russ Nicholls, Walker Lake Productions, 2005

 (Book on the tourist railway operation that uses the railway's locomotives and coaches, includes photos and description of the original railway)

"The Steam Boat Era in the Muskokas", Volume I & II, Richard Tatley, Boston Mills Press, 1983

(Both volumes have a number of photos on the railway, Volume II has a section on the history)

"Bigwin Inn", Douglas McTaggart, Boston Mills Press, 1992

(Photos of the railway, including one in colour, copy of the company's 1946 steamboat and train timetable )

"Scale Model Drawings", Les Torrens, self-published, 1958

(Scale drawings of one of latter locomotives, tool shed, engine house, water tower, flat car and switch stand)

Magazine Articles:

"Small Engines on a Short Run: The Huntsville and Lake of Bays Railway", Niall MacKay, Narrow Gauge and Short Line Gazette, November/December 1982

(Essentially a shortened version of the book text and some of the Les Torrens plans)

"Huntsville and Lake of Bays Photo Album", Bob Brown, Narrow Gauge and Short Line Gazette, March/April 1983

(Photos of the railway and structures)

"Huntsville and Lake of Bays Small Coach No. 5", Kim Lehvonen, Narrow Gauge and Short Line Gazette, January/February 2000

(Plans of the small coach)

"The Portage Railway", Carl T. Grimm, Model Trains, June 1955

(Article with photos, map of railway)

"Portage Railway", James T. Lynch, Railroad Magazine, November 1952

(Article with many photos)

"Canadian Steam Shortline", Leslie H. Falle, Railroad Magazine, September 1966

(Article on successor Pinafore Park Railway, but includes photos of original railway)

"The Portage Railway", Robert Sandusky, Canadian Railway Historical Society News Report, Issue 81, September 1957

(Article with map of railway)

"The Huntsville and Lake of Bays Railway", Eric Lloyd, Canadian Rail, Issue 365, June 1982

(Article with map and sketch plans of latter locomotives, boxcar cars, water tower and station buildings)

"The Portage Flyer", Dollis Muir, Meccano Magazine, August 1955

(Article with photos)

"The Huntsville and Lake of Bays Railway", Brad Smith, Finescale Railroader, April/May 1998

(Article with reproduction of postcards of the railway)

"The Huntsville and Lake of Bays Railway", Kim Lehvonen & Jean-Pierre Cahorn, Narrow Lines (7mm Narrow Gauge Assocation), Issue 113 (no date)

(Article with photos, map of railway)

"The Huntsville and Lake of Bays Box Car- Part 1", Pete Moffett, NMRA Bulletin, June 1991

(Article on building a model of the small box car, with plans)

"The Huntsville and Lake of Bays Box Car- Part 2", Pete Moffett, NMRA Bulletin, July 1991

(Article on building a model of the small box car, with plans)

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