Lake Louise station

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Lake Louise
Laggan AB CPR Railway Station.jpg
The station circa 1915.
General information
Location200 Sentinel Road,
Lake Louise, Alberta
Canada
Coordinates 51°25′27″N116°11′2″W / 51.42417°N 116.18389°W / 51.42417; -116.18389
History
Opened1910
Previous namesLaggan station
Canadian Pacific Railway
Services
Preceding station Rocky Mountaineer Following station
Kamloops First Passage to the West Banff
Terminus
Former services
Preceding station VIA Rail Canada simplified.svg Via Rail Following station
Kamloops
toward Vancouver
The Canadian
before 1990
Banff
toward Toronto
Preceding station Rocky Mountaineer Following station
Kamloops
towards Seattle
Coastal Passage Banff
Terminus
Preceding station Canadian Pacific Railway Following station
Stephen
toward Vancouver
Main Line Eldon
Location
Alberta County Point Locator.svg
Red pog.svg
Lake Louise
Location within Alberta
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Red pog.svg
Lake Louise
Lake Louise (Canada)
Lake Louise station

Lake Louise station is a railway station in Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada. Historically served by the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) and Via Rail, it is now a stop for the Rocky Mountaineer and houses a restaurant. [1] The station is on the Canadian Pacific Kansas City main line near Lower Lake Louise, downhill from the Chateau Lake Louise. [2]

The station was originally built for the CPR. The station was declared a heritage railway station by the federal government in 1991. [3] Starting in 1909, it was the first of six mountain stations built by the Canadian Pacific in a rustic log building design, consistent with how the railway marketed the region as a wilderness tourist destination. [4]

Former Laggan station, now in Heritage Park in Calgary. Laggan Train Station.jpg
Former Laggan station, now in Heritage Park in Calgary.

The older depot that the 1910 building replaced continued to be used by the CPR for other purposes. The CPR donated it in 1976 to Heritage Park Historical Village in Calgary. The depot was moved to the park and restored to the era when the Lake Louise village was called Laggan. [5]

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References

  1. "Lake Louise Station Restaurant".
  2. "Departure and Arrival Schedules & Information, for days on the train". Rocky Mountaineer.
  3. "Heritage Railway Station of Canada Lake Louise, Alberta". Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada. Retrieved July 4, 2012.
  4. "Canadian Pacific Railway Station". Historic Places - a Joint Federal, Provincial and Territorial Initiative. Retrieved July 4, 2012.
  5. "Laggan Station". Heritage Park. Retrieved 2021-02-07.[ permanent dead link ]