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File:Acadia College.jpg|Aerial view showing how close the DAR line was to Acadia College (now university), 1931. | File:Acadia College.jpg|Aerial view showing how close the DAR line was to Acadia College (now university), 1931. | ||
File:Wolfville Dykes.jpg|Dykes near [[Wolfville]], with DAR track, 1931. | File:Wolfville Dykes.jpg|Dykes near [[Wolfville]], with DAR track, 1931. | ||
| − | File:Wolfville wharves 1932.JPG|[[Wolfville]] looking west with the Wolfville Fruit Company warehouse at left; the British Canadian Fruit Company warehouse at centre; and the [[Wolfville Wharf]] | + | File:Wolfville wharves 1932.JPG|[[Wolfville]] looking west with the Wolfville Fruit Company warehouse at left; the British Canadian Fruit Company warehouse at centre; and the [[Wolfville Wharf]] on right, 1932. |
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 17:05, 30 January 2021
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
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
1918 Track Chart of Wolfville
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.
Aerial view of Wolfville showing the Wolfville Station, freight shed and Wolfville Wharf sheds, 1931.
Aerial view showing how close the DAR line was to Acadia College (now university), 1931.
Dykes near Wolfville, with DAR track, 1931.
Wolfville looking west with the Wolfville Fruit Company warehouse at left; the British Canadian Fruit Company warehouse at centre; and the Wolfville Wharf on right, 1932.
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.
