Great American Railroad Journeys

8:10 AM to 9:00 AM
Monday 10 November
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Thousand Islands to Toronto

Season 3 of 20

Michael Portillo leaves the tracks for a nautical pilgrimage through the Thousand Islands, visiting Fort Henry in the port city of Kingston, Ontario, and learning about the antics of 19th-century high-wire walker the Great Farini in Port Hope. He then heads to Oshawa to look around the home of the McLaughlin family, who helped build a new economy for Canada, before his journey across Canada concludes in Toronto

Great American Railroad Journeys airs on U&Yesterday +1 at 8:10 AM, Monday 10 November. (Subtitles.)
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Michael Portillo
Presenter
Alison Kreps
Series Editor
Cassie Farrell
Director