Cranberry Portage station

Cranberry Portage station is a station located in Cranberry Portage in Manitoba, Canada which is west of Grass river Provincial park in North central Manitoba. The station is served by Via Rail's "The Pas-Pukatawagan" line for the Keewatin Railway twice per week in each direction.[1]

Cranberry Portage
LocationRailway Avenue, Cranberry Portage,
Rural Municipality of Kelsey
Manitoba, Canada
Coordinates54.5858°N 101.3824°W / 54.5858; -101.3824
Line(s)"The Pas-Pukatawagan"
History
Opened1929
Services
Preceding station Keewatin Railway Following station
Optic Lake
toward Pukatawagan
The Pas–Pukatawagan Simonhouse
toward The Pas

The station building was built in 1929 as a two-storey third class station by the Canadian National Railway.[2] The railway station was designated a historic site in 1992.[3]

The building is now home to the Cranberry Portage Heritage Museum.

References

  1. "The Pas-Pukatawagan train - Schedules". VIA Rail Canada. Retrieved 2011-02-11.
  2. "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.
  3. "The Directory of Designated Heritage Railway Stations in Manitoba". Parks Canada. Retrieved 2011-02-11.


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