The Shanly Brothers: Biography and account of the first north-south railway line in Eastern Ontario and the first Canadian line built by Walter Shanley.
Walter Shanly: Biography and references by Laurie C. C. Stanley and John D. Blackwell from Canadian Biography Online.
Walter Shanly's Report on the Bytown and Prescott Railway: Full text of his 1851 published report concerning the route survey for the Bytown and Prescott Railway.