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Western Canadian Pacific Railway Stations
  Introduction
The definitive reference for learning about the Canadian Pacific Railway's stations in Western
Canada has to be the one and only "Canadian Pacific's Western Depots" written by Charles W. Bohi and Leslie S. Kozma. This 168
page hardcover book with photographs and text documents the construction of many types of stations built by the railway throughout the
West beginning from the inception of the first station in 1879. The book contains history and detail on a very complex subject that goes
much further than this simple article can provide. If you wish to learn more then please consider this book your bible to western CPR
stations.
Station
Types
As far as Canadian Pacific Railway was concerned they had their own classification
system to identify a particular type of station. According to the authors this CPR system of organization appears to have been lost, or is
no longer apparent. As a result the authors created their own method to identify each type of station constructed. While there are
exceptions to their classification system, which this brief article will ignore, they ascribed each station to one of 16 types, numbered 1
to 16, plus a type named "portable". A portable station being specifically designed to be small enough to fit on a flatcar for
ease of transport and use on a CPR rail line anywhere. This article uses their "type" system while attempting to provide one or
more photographs of each type.
Type 1
Town:
Province:
Built:
Cost:
Quantity Built:
CPR Plan:
Note:
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Revelstoke
British Columbia
1885
$ ?
62
H-1-20-6
This is the first of three stations constructed in Revelstoke. The second stone and brick station was built in 1905 which was
replaced by a modern square station in 1978.
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Type 2
Town:
Province:
Built:
Cost:
Quantity Built:
CPR Plan:
Note:
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Olds
Alberta
1891
$2,250.
52
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-
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Type 3
Town:
Province:
Built:
Cost:
Quantity Built:
CPR Plan:
Note:
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Beavermouth
British Columbia
1885
$3,500.
18
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-
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Type 4
Town:
Province:
Built:
Cost:
Quantity Built:
CPR Plan:
Note:
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Douglas
Manitoba
1890
$2,350.
13
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-
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Type 5
Town:
Province:
Built:
Cost:
Quantity Built:
CPR Plan:
Note:
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Yale
British Columbia
1884
$1,500.
39
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Type 6
Town:
Province:
Built:
Cost:
Quantity Built:
CPR Plan:
Note:
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Elko
British Columbia
1898
$3,000.
14
-
Preserved at the Canadian Museum of Rail Travel in Cranbrook, British Columbia.
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Type 7
Town:
Province:
Built:
Cost:
Quantity Built:
CPR Plan:
Note:
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Agassiz
British Columbia
1893
$?
17
A-10-12-5
Large version.
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Type 8
Town:
Province:
Built:
Cost:
Quantity Built:
CPR Plan:
Note:
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La Riviere
Manitoba
1898
$?
26
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-
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Type 9
Town:
Province:
Built:
Cost:
Quantity Built:
CPR Plan:
Note:
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Virden
Manitoba
1898
$6,000.
22
-
The lower walls are constructed of fieldstone. Preserved as the Virden Community Arts Council Building in Virden.
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Type 10
Town:
Province:
Built:
Cost:
Quantity Built:
CPR Plan:
Note:
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Qualicum Beach
British Columbia
1914
$3,000.
24
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In use by VIA Rail on CPR's Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway at Qualicum Beach on Vancouver Island.
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Type 11
Town:
Province:
Built:
Cost:
Quantity Built:
CPR Plan:
Note:
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Osoyoos
British Columbia
1944
$6,384.
22
H-14-23 or WLS-23
Osoyoos Subdivision abandoned between Okanagan Falls and Osoyoos in 1978.
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Type 12
Town:
Province:
Built:
Cost:
Quantity Built:
CPR Plan:
Note:
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Gleichen
Alberta
1911
$7,960.
152
H-15-31
Large version.
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Type 13
Town:
Province:
Built:
Cost:
Quantity Built:
CPR Plan:
Note:
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Aldersyde
Alberta
1912
$4,182.
197
WLS-7
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Type 14
Town:
Province:
Built:
Cost:
Quantity Built:
CPR Plan:
Note:
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Colonsay
Saskatchewan
1911
$7,350.
8
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Small version.
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Type 15
Town:
Province:
Built:
Cost:
Quantity Built:
CPR Plan:
Note:
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Saint Claude
Manitoba
1930
$6,800.
71
WLS-13
Preserved as the Dairy Museum of Manitoba in Saint Claude.
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Type 16
Town:
Province:
Built:
Cost:
Quantity Built:
CPR Plan:
Note:
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Meadow Lake
Saskatchewan
1932
$5,500.
72
WLS-16
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Portable Type
Town:
Province:
Built:
Cost:
Quantity Built:
CPR Plan:
Note:
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Yale
British Columbia
?
$?
?
?
Portable station designed specifically to fit on a flatcar for ease of transport to any location.
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8 Jan 2012 - CPR Bassano Station Lift
12 Jan 2012 - CPR Bassano Station First Move
Bibliography
Bohi, Charles W. and Kozma, Leslie S.
Canadian Pacific's Western Depots
South Platte Press PO Box 163 David City NB USA 68632
1993
Hard cover
8.75 x 11.25 inches
22 x 28.5 centimetres
168 pages
183 photos
8 drawings
4 maps
$56.95 (1993)
Oversize book. Excellent coverage of CPR Western Lines stations.
* See this book review: Canadian Pacific's Western Depots by Railroad Model
Craftsman.
Associated Web Sites
Canadian Pacific Railway
The Country Railroad Station of Manitoba
Manitoba Provincial Heritage Site No. 79 (Virden)
Manitoba Provincial Heritage Site No. 81 (La Riviere)
Manitoba Provincial Heritage Site No. 215 (Minnedosa)
CPR Railway Stations of Central Alberta
Castlegar Station Museum
Canadian Pacific Railway Heritage Park & Interpretive Centre (Portage la Prairie)
Lethbridge CPR Station
Waterfront Station (Vancouver)
Manitoba Provincial Heritage Site No. 76 (Winnipeg)
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