Nakusp British Columbia - The Nakusp Rail Society wants to build a replica CPR station, to be located at the heritage rail display at the far west end of the community park, on a portion of the parking lot.
 
Tracy Fetters, chair of the society, presented the proposal to council.
 
The two-storey, approximately 1,200-square-foot building, would be modelled after the original that used to greet paddlewheeler passengers upon arrival in Nakusp.
 

Nakusp CPR station and jetty - Date? Photographer?

Town Architecture Inc. is on board with the project, said Fetters, along with a few funders.
 
"We have been able to get the original plans. Of course, those are not up to today's standards, but we would build beyond today's standards by using renewable resources and green energy," she said.
 
As per the arrangement between the Village and society for the existing items at the rail site, the replica station would be owned by the Village, with the society responsible for maintenance and other costs.
 
The society would fund the project through grants and fundraising.
 
Fetters spoke about the potential benefits and uses of the building such as storage and display of the society's historic artifacts, book collection, archival documents, a welcome and business centre for the society, a new home for the Chamber of Commerce office, Visitor Centre, and/or campground office, meeting room(s) available for booking, and a public washroom open year-round.
 
The Nakusp Rail Society is a volunteer group, formed in 2016 when CP Rail donated a 1977 caboose, 1913 Jordan Spreader, and 1921 snowplow to the Village.
 
Since then, NRS has stewarded the train cars, securing over $100,000 in grant funding and tens of thousands of dollars from collecting bottle returns.
 
Also on display at the rail site is the Brouse Station building, donated by the Krivsky and Christie families and restored by NRS.
 
Rachael Lesosky.