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Annapolis Royal Station

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Annapolis Royal Station

Annapolis Royal has had four different train stations. The first and second were located on Church Street at the foot of St. James Street in the centre of town near the wharf, where the Windsor and Annapolis Railway terminated. A third known as the "Frogmore" station dated from 1891, and was located just west of St. George Street, where the railway cut is still evident. It burned in 1913 and was replaced in 1913 by the final, and still standing station, an 'Arts and Crafts" style brick building at the end of Victoria Street.

First Station 1869 to c. 1880

The first station at Annapolis Royal was a slightly larger version of the typical first generation Windsor & Annapolis Railway stations and measured 50 x 20 feet. It was built in the centre of town near the present day Farmer's Market parking lot on Church Street at the foot of St. James Street. As a terminal station near the steamship docks, it boasted a two large platforms (12 x 250 feet and 12 x 212 feet) for the interchange of freight.[1] It was a simple gable roofed building with board and batten walls, similar to the first Wolfville Station, with no awning but enlivened by some Victorian trim, in this case ornamental barge board details and finials.

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Second Station c. 1880 to c. 1891

A larger, two and a half story station with an attached freight shed was built in Annapolis Royal by the W&A to replace the original station in the centre of town at Church Street and St. James Street. After the line to Digby was completed in 1891, the station was bypassed and replaced by the smaller new "Frogmore" station. The old station was converted to a freight shed.[2] During World War I, the large station building was leased by the DAR to B.B. Hardwick for an apple evaporator and jam factory, employing 13 people.[3] However, during the celebrations marking the end of the war on November 11, 1918, someone set fire the the old station building and it was destroyed by fire.[4]

Third "Frogmore" Station c. 1891 to c. 1913

The second station was built on the south side of the new mainline when the "missing gap" between Annapolis Royal and Digby was finally completed and the railway continued past Annapolis Royal.[5]

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Fourth Station 1913 to present

The third station was a finely decorated brick structure, also on the mainline, located at the end of Victoria Street, just east of Prince Albert Road. Often photographed from the convenient viewpoint of the St. George Street overpass to the west, it survived the end of rail service to be restored by its current owner.

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References and Footnotes

  1. ↑ Barry Moody, A History of Annapolis Royal: A Town with a Memory, Nimbus (2014), page 139.
  2. ↑ Information and the only known photograph of this station are found in Ralph Beaumount, Heckman's Canadian Pacific: A Photographic Journey, p. 291
  3. ↑ Barry Moody, A History of Annapolis Royal: A Town with a Memory, Nimbus (2014), page 228.
  4. ↑ Barry Moody, A History of Annapolis Royal: A Town with a Memory, Nimbus (2014), page 223.
  5. ↑ Ralph Beaumount, Heckman's Canadian Pacific: A Photographic Journey, p. 291

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