I have to agree, Wavell is a nice place to visit. As a boy, we used to visit my Uncle and Aunt there. They stayed at the Van Clief farm. The barn behind the house had a long rope and some hay. We would swing from that cable sometimes. The house had no indoor plumbing. Water came from a well, pumped by a hand pumped outside. This water was very cold even in the summer. Christmas was fun there too as my uncle and some of his boys played guitar. There was a big wood stove in the kitchen and a smaller wood burning stove in the living room.

My Great Grandfather was the section foreman for the ONR at Wavell and worked there until about 1959. I drive in and stop for a few moments to see the changes every time I drive through the area. What was once a busy little community is now marked by a railway line that comes out of the bush, crosses the road, and continues it's journey through the landscape on its way north. Both sad and peaceful at the same time.

Wavell was originally called Scotty's Spring The first Temiskaming and Northern Ontario Railway section house was built here in 1907. By 1920 the location has a 3500 foot passing siding for train operations and a loading siding 600 feet long for the loading of pulp wood. In 1922 a shelter station is built for passengers. It is believed that the name Wavell came into existence after the Second World War It was to honour Field Marshall Sir Archibald Wavell 1883-1950. The General served in the Middle East , North Africa and India. He was praised for his fine work in stopping the Fapanese from getting into India in 1943. Apparently this general was well liked by his troops as he was always concerned about their welfare. General Rommel of the German African Army thought so much of General Wavell that he always kept a copy of Wavell's book "General and Generalship" with him.

Wavell was originally called Scotty's Spring The first Temiskaming and Northern Ontario Railway section house was built here in 1907. By 1920 the location has a 3500 foot passing siding for train operations and a loading siding 600 feet long for the loading of pulp wood. In 1922 a shelter station is built for passengers. It is believed that the name Wavell came into existence after the Second World War It was to honour Field Marshall Sir Archibald Wavell 1883-1950. The General served in the Middle East , North Africa and India. He was praised for his fine work in stopping the Japanese from getting into India in 1943. Apparently this general was well liked by his troops as he was always concerned about their welfare. General Rommel of the German African Army thought so much of General Wavell that he always kept a copy of Wavell's book "General and Generalship" with him.