Saskatoon station (Canadian Pacific Railway)

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Saskatoon
CPRSaskatoon.jpg
Saskatoon station, facing the roadway
General information
Location24th Street and Avenue A (now Idylwyld Drive)
Coordinates 52°07′56″N106°40′16″W / 52.132222°N 106.671111°W / 52.132222; -106.671111
Owned byKen Achs
Construction
ArchitectJ. Carmichael
History
Opened1908
Closed1960
Rebuilt1993 (sold to private developer)
Former services
Preceding station Canadian Pacific Railway Following station
Cory
toward Edmonton
EdmontonPortage la Prairie Sutherland
Cory
toward Baljennie
BaljennieSaskatoon Terminus
Perdue
toward Gunnworth
GunnworthSaskatoon
Official nameSaskatoon Railway Station (Canadian Pacific) National Historic Site of Canada
Designated1976

Saskatoon station is a historic railway station building in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. It was built in 1908. It was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1976, [1] and has also been protected as a Heritage Railway Station of Canada since 1990. [2]

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Saskatoon earned the nickname Hub City from the contributions of the CPR, CNR and GTP. [3] The station was situated on the Regina, Saskatchewan to Edmonton, Alberta rail line.

Geography and location

Saskatoon's CP station is located at 305 Idylwyld Drive, in the Caswell Hill Neighborhood, Core Neighbourhoods Suburban Development Area.

History

Crowd gathered for the opening of the station June 15, 1908. CPR Saskatoon opening.jpg
Crowd gathered for the opening of the station June 15, 1908.

Opened in 1908, the station served as a passenger depot, telegraph station, mail and freight depot. The CPR discontinued passenger service in 1960, maintaining it as an office site until 1993 when it was sold to Ken Achs who restored the building. [4]

The CP station has not been used as a rail station for many years, and currently houses several businesses. Received the 1995 SAHS (Saskatchewan Architectural Heritage Society) Heritage Architecture Excellence Awards which was bestowed by Saskatchewan's Lieutenant-Governor. [5]

The city of Saskatoon is served by Via Rail's The Canadian service; however, that line uses the New Saskatoon Railway Station located southwest of the downtown core.

Nearby

Two other municipal heritage buildings are close to the Saskatoon Railway Station (Canadian Pacific), the Rumely Warehouse, built in 1913 and the Fairbanks Morse Warehouse. Both are located in the Central Business District which sprang up to support both the CNR railway station and railyards and the CPR. The Midtown Plaza shopping mall was built on the site of the former downtown CNR railway station in the late 1960s; in the 1990s the mall underwent a major renovation that included changing the front facade to resemble the style of the old railway station.

Footnotes

  1. Saskatoon Railway Station (Canadian Pacific) . Canadian Register of Historic Places . Retrieved 19 August 2012.
  2. Canadian Pacific Railway Station . Directory of Federal Heritage Designations. Parks Canada . Retrieved 19 August 2012.
  3. History of Saskatoon#Hub city and agricultural boom
  4. "Canadian Pacific Railway Station - Saskatoon". Saskatoon Heritage Society. Retrieved 2012-05-20.
  5. Lt.-Gov.of Saskatchewan Heritage Architecture Excellence Awards URL accessed April 19, 2007

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