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Image:Wolfville Station - CPR No 793.jpg|[[Wolfville Station]], freight shed and trackside warehouses, circa 1920. | Image:Wolfville Station - CPR No 793.jpg|[[Wolfville Station]], freight shed and trackside warehouses, circa 1920. | ||
File:201216063.jpg|[[Wolfville]] in the distance viewed from [[Grand Pre]] air view from east with the [[Grand Pre Station]], [[Grand Pre Water Tower|Water Tower]] and memorial park in the foreground, 1931. | File:201216063.jpg|[[Wolfville]] in the distance viewed from [[Grand Pre]] air view from east with the [[Grand Pre Station]], [[Grand Pre Water Tower|Water Tower]] and memorial park in the foreground, 1931. | ||
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File:Wolfville_21_H1_West.jpg|Topographic map from Kentville to Hortons Landing circa 1956. | File:Wolfville_21_H1_West.jpg|Topographic map from Kentville to Hortons Landing circa 1956. | ||
Image:VernonSmith4648.jpg|[[Vernon Smith]], civil engineer of the W&AR, commemoration statue in [[Wolfville]], DAR tracks in background, April 15, 2018. | Image:VernonSmith4648.jpg|[[Vernon Smith]], civil engineer of the W&AR, commemoration statue in [[Wolfville]], DAR tracks in background, April 15, 2018. | ||
Revision as of 14:56, 13 September 2019
Mile 49.5 from Windsor Junction on the Halifax Subdivision (Mile 65.36 from Halifax)
- Next Station East: Grand Pre
- Next Station West: Port Williams
Facilities & Features
Commerce & Industry
Description & History
According to Historic Wolfville: Grand Pre and Countryside was to have been the headquarters for Windsor & Annapolis but after the Engines arrived there was some disagreements with land owners. And because of this disagreement the headquarters was moved to Kentville. (3)
Operations & Orders
Gallery
Wolfville circa 1900.
Wolfville Station, freight shed and trackside warehouses, circa 1920.
Wolfville in the distance viewed from Grand Pre air view from east with the Grand Pre Station, Water Tower and memorial park in the foreground, 1931.
Dykes near Wolfville, with DAR track.
Topographic map from Kentville to Hortons Landing circa 1956.
Vernon Smith, civil engineer of the W&AR, commemoration statue in Wolfville, DAR tracks in background, April 15, 2018.
References & Footnotes
- Alexander MacNab, Windsor and Annapolis Railway, Report of Alexander MacNab Nov 1, 1873
- 1969 Memorandum of General Information
- (3) Tom Sheppard, Historic Wolfville: Grand Pre and Countryside, page 161.
