Former CN Walkerville Subdivision (Municipality of Leamington, Ontario)

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Originally the Lake Erie, Essex & Detroit River Railway, created by Hiram Walker.
Sold to Pere Marquette and later to the Chesapeake & Ohio (now part of CSX Transportation), and then to CN Rail, who abandoned the line in 1992, donating it to the Essex Region Conservation Authority in 1993. Chrysler Canada later donated money to convert the rail alignment into an all-weather gravel-surfaced trail facility, in return for naming rights. The trail currently ends at Essex County Road 34 in Ruthven, with an extension to Wheatley along the remainder of the former railway alignment in Essex County at the planning stages.

According to www.trainweb.org/ontariorailways/railpmr.htm :

"When it was discovered that some of the significant bridges along the line were in serious need of repair, in particular around St. Thomas, CSX chose to abandon the line. The entire LEE&DRR has been abandoned in the following manner: St. Thomas to West Lorne in 1988, Kingsville to Harrow in 1991, Harrow to Walkerville and from Kingsville to Blenheim in 1994, and from Blenheim to West Lorne in 1996. There is some trackage in the Windsor area purchased by Canadian National that is used both for freight movements and to connect CN and Canadian Pacific tracks. The running rights CSX inherited from St. Thomas to Niagara Falls were used up until March 1996. Between Ruthven through Kingsville to Harrow, the right-of-way has been converted to the multi-use Chrysler Canada Trail."