Pereau

Pereau, Nova Scotia

• Subdivision Kingsport, Mile 11.86

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Previous Station: Canning

• Spur for fruit warehouses, 412 feet long, (7 car capacity)
• Two fruit warehouses (40 x 350 feet & 40 x 80 feet), both British Canadian Fruit Association
• Small shelter station
• Spur 332 feet long, for team track freight at station

Next Station: Kingsport

Pereau was the scene of a tragic level crossing accident on July 11, 1935. A speeding 1928 Pontiac was hit by locomotive No. 39 pulling Train No. 14. Two passengers in the automobile were killed and two others seriously injured. The injured were taken to Kentville by the train. The subsequent investigation blamed careless driving by the unlicensed driver. Bushes and trees of niegbouring properties were also cut back to improve crossing visibility.

Gallery

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  Pereau Track Plan from 1935 accident investigation

References and Footnotes

• Dominion Atlantic Railway Employee Time Table September 25, 1949, Library and Archives Canada, pmp -HE.2804 DC

• Accident Investigation of July 11, 1935 level Crossing accident, Library and Archives Canada, RG46, Vol. 1865, File 28300.32