Cranberry Portage station

Cranberry Portage
General information
Location	Railway Avenue, Cranberry Portage, Rural Municipality of Kelsey Manitoba, Canada
Coordinates	54°35′09″N101°22′57″W / 54.5858°N 101.3824°W / 54.5858; -101.3824
Line	"The Pas-Pukatawagan"
Other information
Status	converted into museum
History
Opened	1929
Services
Preceding station Keewatin Railway Following station Optic Lake toward Pukatawagan The Pas–Pukatawagan Simonhouse toward The Pas
Former services Preceding station Canadian National Railway Following station Payuk toward Flin Flon Hudson Bay Junction – Flin Flon Simonhouse toward Hudson Bay Junction Jowsey toward Sherridon Sherridon – Cranberry Portage Terminus
Location

Cranberry Portage station is a former railway station in Cranberry Portage, Manitoba, Canada, whose building is now home to the Cranberry Portage Heritage Museum. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

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. ^[4] The station was later served by Via Rail's "The Pas-Pukatawagan" line for the Keewatin Railway. ^[5]

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. ^[4]

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. ^{[5] [ dead link ]}

In 1992 the railway station was designated a historic site. ^{[4] [6]}

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. ^[2]

See also

• Railways portal

• List of designated heritage railway stations of Canada

References

1. "Cranberry Portage Heritage Museum" . Retrieved August 16, 2022.
2. "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.
3. "Cranberry Portage Heritage Museum". cpmuseum.ca. Retrieved 2023-10-11.
4. "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.
5. "The Pas-Pukatawagan train - Schedules". VIA Rail Canada. Retrieved 2011-02-11.
6. "The Directory of Designated Heritage Railway Stations in Manitoba". Parks Canada. Archived from the original on 2012-10-08. Retrieved 2011-02-11.

External links

• Cranberry Portage Heritage Museum - Building Acquisition