Wolfville

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.^[1]

Gallery

Track Chart of Wolfville, 1918.
South view of Wolfville collision of Flying Bluenose train pulled by No. 21 "Fortuna" and freight pulled by No. 20 "Titania", July 14, 1896.
North view of Wolfville collision of Flying Bluenose train pulled by No. 21 "Fortuna" and freight pulled by No. 20 "Titania", July 14, 1896.
Wolfville circa 1900.
Wolfville Station, freight shed and trackside warehouses, circa 1920.
Apple loading at the R.W. Dewolf apple warehouse at Wolfville with the Wolfville Station in background, 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 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 Wharves on right, 1932.
Topographic map from Kentville to Hortons Landing circa 1956.
Air view Wolfville trackage Oct. 24, 1977.
Vernon Smith, civil engineer of the W&AR, commemoration statue in Wolfville, DAR tracks in background, April 15, 2018.