Cranberry Portage Station
Located west of Grass River Provincial Park in north-central Manitoba, the building was constructed in 1929 as a two-storey, third-class station by the Canadian National Railway. The station was later served by Via Rail's "The Pas-Pukatawagan" line for the Keewatin Railway.
History
The Cranberry Portage station building was constructed in 1929 as a two-storey, third-class station by the Canadian National Railway (CNR). This section of the CNR track, known as the Hudson Bay Railway, proved to be essential to the development of northern Manitoba.
The station would later go on to be served by Via Rail, on its "The Pas-Pukatawagan" line for the Keewatin Railway, twice per week in each direction.
In 1992, the railway station was designated a historic site in 1992.
The building was unused until 2012, when a local initiative restored the building and converted it into the Cranberry Portage Heritage Museum, which opened officially on May 31, 2015.
See also
References
- ^ "Cranberry Portage Heritage Museum". Retrieved August 16, 2022.
- ^ "Historic Sites of Manitoba: Canadian National Railway Station / Cranberry Portage Heritage Museum (Cranberry Portage, RM of Kelsey)". www.mhs.mb.ca. Retrieved 2023-10-11.
- ^ "Cranberry Portage Heritage Museum". cpmuseum.ca. Retrieved 2023-10-11.
- ^ "VIA Rail/Canadian National Railways Station, Railway Avenue, Cranberry Portage, Manitoba, R0B, Canada". Canada's Historic Places - a Federal Provincial and Territorial Collaboration. Retrieved 2011-02-11.
- ^ "The Pas-Pukatawagan train - Schedules". VIA Rail Canada. Retrieved 2011-02-11.
- ^ "The Directory of Designated Heritage Railway Stations in Manitoba". Parks Canada. Archived from the original on 2012-10-08. Retrieved 2011-02-11.
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