Wolfville

Mile 49.14 from Windsor Junction on the Halifax Subdivision (Mile 65.36 from Halifax)

• Next Station East: Grand Pre
• Next Station West: Port Williams

Facilities & Features

• Wolfville Station
• Wolfville Freight Shed
• Wolfville Railyard

Commerce & Industry

• Wolfville Wharves
• Acadia Dairy Acadia Dairy

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)

Gallery

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  Track Chart of Wolfville, 1918.

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  Wolfville circa 1900.

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  Wolfville Station, freight shed and trackside warehouses, circa 1920.

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  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.

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  Aerial view of Wolfville showing the Wolfville Station, freight shed and wharf sheds, 1931.

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  Aerial view showing how close the DAR line was to Acadia College (now university), 1931.

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  Dykes near Wolfville, with DAR track, 1931.

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  Wolfville looking west with the Wolfville Fruit Company warehouse at left; the British Canadian Fruit Company warehouse at centre; and the Wolfville Wharves on right, 1932.

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  Topographic map from Kentville to Hortons Landing circa 1956.

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  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.

External Links

Wolfville Historical Society website.

Wolfville Historical Society panel kiosks

Ed Coleman, "Railway Notes: Wolfville vs Kentville", Kentville Advertiser, September 5, 2017