School on Wheels

CNR School on Wheels Museum Looking for something to do on a summer afternoon? Visit the CNR School on Wheels Museum in Sloman Park. The seasonal museum promises an entertaining and educational experience revolving around local and provincial history. From 1926 to 1965, Fred and Cela Sloman, along with their young family, spent ten months of the year on a railcar travelling through the Northern Ontario bush. The car was part of a program called School on Wheels that provided education to students in remote Northern Ontario. The railcar served as both a classroom and a living space for the Sloman family as it moved along a 150 mile stretch of track between Capreol and Foleyet. The car would travel connected to a train, before being left on a small piece of side track for several days while Fred Sloman taught the local children. The car would hook up to another train and continue on, leaving homework for the students until the school car would return.