Billtown Station

Wood Station 1914 to present

Mile 2.7 on the Weston Subdivision.

This typical North Mountain Line station was built in 1914 by J.H. Hicks and Sons of Bridgetown. It is a simple wooden one story passenger and freight station, originally 60 by 18 feet, containing a waiting room, agent's office and freight room.(1)

The station was originally located on the north Side of the tracks at Billtown, 230 feet from road facing Billtown's 1000 foot siding.(2) It was served by a travelling agent.

The station was moved to Lakeville after the North Mountain Line was abandoned where it first served as a bunkhouse for orchard workers. It was later converted to its present use as a storage shed.(3)

Gallery

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  The Billtown Station, used for storage in Lakeville in 2008.

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  "The Station Master", a groundhog in the Billtown Station, 2008.

References and Footnotes

(1) Letter Jan. 14, 1916, Dept Railways and Canals Inspector, Library and Archives Canada, RG43 A-12 Vol. 277 File 3125

(2) 1915 North Mountain Line Track Profile, Library and Archives Canada, RG 12M 77803/17 Item 782

(3) The Weston Branch and Margaretville in Nova Scotia by Elizabeth M. Clarke, page 13.

• Dominion Atlantic Railway Employee Timetable September 25, 1949, Library and Archives Canada, PMP - HE.2804 DC