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=Stillwater Lake, Nova Scotia= | =Stillwater Lake, Nova Scotia= | ||
Mile 19 from [[Windsor Junction]] on the [[:Category:Subdivision Halifax|Halifax Subdivision]] (Mile 34.81 from [[Halifax]]) | Mile 19 from [[Windsor Junction]] on the [[:Category:Subdivision Halifax|Halifax Subdivision]] (Mile 34.81 from [[Halifax]]) | ||
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*Next Station East: [[Mount Uniacke]] | *Next Station East: [[Mount Uniacke]] | ||
*Next Station West: [[Stillwater]] | *Next Station West: [[Stillwater]] | ||
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==Facilities & Features== | ==Facilities & Features== | ||
* Passing Track | * Passing Track | ||
* Flag stop | * Flag stop | ||
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==Description & History== | ==Description & History== | ||
| − | + | Stillwater Lake was a popular location for DAR employee hunting and fishing cabins, many which were located on the adjacent lakes,<ref>[[:Category:The Advertiser|''Kentville Advertiser'']] references: Conductor William Lightie cutting & storing ice at his cottage for summer use - Feb. 18, 1937, Conductors and pensioners get good fishing - May 27, 1937, More fishing noted at Stillwater by trainman & engineer June 3, 1937, Conductor William Lightie & wife to Stillwater to reopen camp - May 5, 1938, William & Mrs Young, Kingsport, vacation with Dan McIvor at Stillwater - May 26, 1938</ref> some built with old caboose and passenger stoves and fitted with surplus passenger car windows.<ref>Oral History related to Dan Conlin by [[Barron, Leon|Leon Barron]]</ref> | |
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==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
Revision as of 12:58, 5 January 2020
Stillwater Lake, Nova Scotia
Mile 19 from Windsor Junction on the Halifax Subdivision (Mile 34.81 from Halifax)
Elevation: 430 feet above sea level
- Next Station East: Mount Uniacke
- Next Station West: Stillwater
Facilities & Features
- Passing Track
- Flag stop
Description & History
Stillwater Lake was a popular location for DAR employee hunting and fishing cabins, many which were located on the adjacent lakes,[1] some built with old caboose and passenger stoves and fitted with surplus passenger car windows.[2]
Gallery
Topographic map from Stillwater to Windsor Junction circa 1956.
References & Footnotes
- ↑ Kentville Advertiser references: Conductor William Lightie cutting & storing ice at his cottage for summer use - Feb. 18, 1937, Conductors and pensioners get good fishing - May 27, 1937, More fishing noted at Stillwater by trainman & engineer June 3, 1937, Conductor William Lightie & wife to Stillwater to reopen camp - May 5, 1938, William & Mrs Young, Kingsport, vacation with Dan McIvor at Stillwater - May 26, 1938
- ↑ Oral History related to Dan Conlin by Leon Barron
