Touchwood Siding was the name of a railroad town that existed at this crossing. Touchwood Siding was started as the Grand Trunk Pacific Railroad was built through the area. This place was named for the Touchwood Hills, which in turn was named for the deadwood in the area that tended to be able to burn with just a "touch" of a spark or flame.
Touchwood Siding had been a railway town through its existence. It started off with a foreman's house, a bunk house for train crews, a tool shed, and a few small houses where some of the crew lived. By the 1920's, Touchwood Siding had become a small hamlet of about 15 families. The hamlet was crucial for the operation of steam trains, but declined and died as diesel trains took over around 1950. In 1961, an automatic signalling system was installed and the last of the rail crews moved away.
Of course, the history of the people in the area goes back much further than the railroad. To the southwest of the siding is the Gordon First Nation. To the South and East is the Muskowekwan First Nation. A number of the people of the Muskowekwan First Nation worked on the railroad since it passed right through Muskowekwan territory.
Here is a link to some online resource regarding the history of the Touchwood Siding
Between the Touchwoods : a history of Punnichy and districts
A History of Touchwood Siding from "Between the Touchwoods"
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