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Fort Qu'Appelle station

Coordinates: 50°45′50″N 103°47′41″W / 50.7639°N 103.7946°W / 50.7639; -103.7946
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Fort Qu'Appelle
Former Fort Qu'Appelle station, circa 2008
General information
LocationHighway 10
Fort Qu'Appelle, Saskatchewan
Line(s)Canadian National Railway
(Grand Trunk Pacific Railway)
Platforms1
History
Opened1911
Closed1962
Former services
Preceding station Canadian National Railway Following station
Muscow
toward Regina
ReginaHudson Bay Junction Lebret

The Fort Qu'Appelle station is a former railway station in Fort Qu'Appelle, Saskatchewan. It was built by the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway in 1911 and was taken over by the Canadian National Railway in 1919; it continued to operate passenger service until 1962.[1] The 1+12-story wood-frame, stucco-clad building is a designated municipal heritage building. It is now used as a tourist information centre.

References

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  1. ^ "Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Station". Register of Historic Places. Canada's Historic Places - A Federal, Provincial and Territorial Collaboration. Retrieved 2012-05-23.

50°45′50″N 103°47′41″W / 50.7639°N 103.7946°W / 50.7639; -103.7946