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Digby
Digby, Nova Scotia
- Subdivision Yarmouth, Mile 20.2
- Elevation 43'.
Features
Gallery
Digby circa 1890s.
Digby circa 1890s, with the Saint John-Digby ferry SS Prince Rupert.
Digby and the first Big Joggins Bridge as described in the brochure "The Evangeline Land", circa 1910.
No. 11 at the Digby Station at Digby circa 1912.
Nice shot of Digby with part of the yard and wharf in background, circa 1930.
Snowplow No. 907 with locomotive No. 537 at Digby Station, circa 1937.
Digby Station, with unidentified fellow photographer in foreground and Digby Post office in background, photographed by Harold Jenkins, circa June 1959.
Digby waterfront. The Digby DAR station is visible at the left edge of the photo.
Digby ferry wharf -- Princess Helene at wharf.
View from a passenger train just after leaving the Digby Wharf in October, 1949.
Engine 8133 going though Digby in June 1967, just near Mileage Marker 20.
VIA RDC Travelling though Digby in August 1989
A short freight is eastbound through Digby in November 1989.
A short freight is eastbound through Digby along First Ave. in November 1989.
A short freight is eastbound through Digby along First Ave. in November 1989.
Mile 20 still exists in Digby. The beige building with three skylights sits on the roadbed close to the location of the old station. March 3, 2007
Looking railway west at Digby. The mainline ran along the side of the street. March 3, 2007.
References and Footnotes
1969 Memorandum of General Information, Digby facilities and customers, p. 16
External Links
- Nova Scotia Archives, Good zoomable air view of Digby rail yard, station, spur to wharf, and Digby Pines, circa, 1960
- Wonderful colour 8 mm film of DAR steam locomotives and RDCs at Digby Station and wharves, 1950s, courtesy Admiral Digby Museum
- General view of Digby, showing where the wharf spur left the mainline adjacent to the post office. Train on wharf. - Canada Science and Technology Museum Image STR04096a.
