Paradise

Paradise, Nova Scotia

Subdivision Kentville, Mile 39.9

• Next Station East: Lawrencetown
• Next Station West: Bridgetown

Facilities & Features

• Paradise Station
• Paradise Freight Shed

17 car siding with three apple warehouses

Commerce & Industry

Several early fruit warehouses were built at Paradise along with a cattle pen and ramp. The Roxburg lumber mill shipped considerable amounts of lumber from the station in the 1920s.

• Paradise Fruit Company Warehouse, United Fruit Companies 16,500 barrel capacity
  
• Star Fruit Company Warehouse, 13,000 barrel capacity
  
• H.D. Starret, 10,000 barrel capacity

Description & History

A fertile farming district along the Annapolis River, Paradise received its name from Acadian settlers in the 1600s as "Paradis Terrestre" (Paradise on Earth). The [[Windsor & Annapolis Railway began construction through the village in 1868 and railway service began in June 1869. The railway initially built a a small standard Windsor & Annapolis Railway station along with a 200' x 12' passenger platform connected to a 150' x 10' freight platform and a 340' freight siding. Rail access motivated local farmers to start a co-operative cheese factory beside the tracks, one of the first in Nova Scotia, which operated from 1872 to 1885. The railway also led the construction of several apple warehouses which remained longtime employers and shippers of apples. The original W&A Paradise Station was later replaced by a standard CPR branch line station. Paradise remained a flag stop until June 1980.

Gallery

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  Paradise Station and apple warehouses. c. 1900.

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  Paradise Station with lumber pile and DAR train arriving, circa 1924.

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  Paradise Station, June 1959.

References & Footnotes

• 1969 Memorandum of General Information