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Annapolis Royal

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Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia

Bird's Eye view of Annapolis Royal & Granville Nova Scotia 1878, showing the town in its golden years as railway terminus with the Annapolis Royal Station, wharf, railyard and enginehouse

Subdivision Kentville, Mile 58.4, Elevation 30'
Subdivision Yarmouth, Mile 0, Elevation 30'
Next Station East: Mochelle
Next Station West: Upper Clements

Facilities & Features

Annapolis Royal Station D.A.R.scheduled stop from 1894 to 1990
Annapolis Royal Enginehouse
Annapolis Royal Water Tower
Annapolis Royal Freight Shed
Annapolis Royal Railyard
Annapolis Royal Railway Wharf
Annapolis Royal Bridge
St. George Street Overpass
Passing track 1167' long (1969).
Wye at this point (1969).

Commerce & Industry

Description & History

Originally known as Port Royal, the port served as the capital of Acadia until captured by the British in 1710 and renamed Annapolis Royal. The capital of Nova Scotia was shifted to Halifax in 1749 leaving Annapolis Royal as a garrison town and shipping point for western Nova Scotia. Wooden shipbuilding grew in the 1850s. The arrival of regional steamships in the 1860s made the town an important steamship connection point and coaling station between Saint John and Boston. The town boomed in 1869 when it became the terminus of the Windsor and Annapolis Railway. The railway built extensive terminal facilities at Annapolis Royal centred around a large railway wharf. The railway stimulated several factories and population grew to over 1,500 in the 1870s. Annapolis Royal incorporated as a town in 1893. However, with the completion of the railway to Digby in 1893, Annapolis Royal ceased to be a terminus as most traffic bypassed the town. The the new Dominion Atlantic Railway shifted shifted most of the steamship commerce to Digby and Yarmouth where larger steel-hulled vessels required deeper waters. Annapolis Royal became a small country town with some lumber and apple exports. However, a growing tourism industry in the 20th century drew on the long and colourful colonial history of the town and it featured prominently in DAR tourism promotion.

The DAR's Observation-Parlour car "Annapolis Royal" was named after the town as well as two locomotives, No. 15, & No. 29.

Gallery

Annapolis Royal circa 1890s.
Annapolis Royal circa 1890s.
Annapolis Royal circa 1890s.
The W & A wharf at Annapolis Royal, circa 1890.
SS Evangeline arriving at Annapolis Royal, circa 1890.
Windsor & Annapolis Railway engraving of the Annapolis Royal Wharf, 1893.
The Annapolis Royal Station, circa 1890-1900.
Postcard published by the DAR of Fort Anne historic site, 1903.
Postcard showing the Annapolis Royal Wharf and lumber flat cars, with Granville Ferry in background, circa 1906.
DAR Engine No. 18 with a passenger train on the Annapolis Royal Bridge with the Annapolis Royal "Frogmore" station on far right, 1909.
Postcard of a westbound passenger train at the Annapolis Royal Station with the Annapolis Royal Bridge in background, taken from the St. George Street Overpass looking west, circa 1910.
Postcard of Annapolis Royal and Granville Ferry with the Annapolis Royal Enginehouse, wye, the Acadia Steamship Co. Wharf and the Railway Wharf, 1911.
Track Schematic for Annapolis Royal showing the wye, sidings and specs for the Annapolis Royal Bridge, circa 1918.
A passenger train at the Annapolis Royal Station with the freight shed and Imperial Oil Bulk Plant and the old W&AR Annapolis Royal Enginehouse in background, circa 1920.
DAR Baggage-Express Car No. 3851 at Annapolis Royal with crowds gathered for an important arrival, circa 1919-1920.
Transferring passengers and mail from wreck of Train No. 95, at Moschelle, near Annapolis Royal, January 25, 1921.
Transferring baggage from wreck of Train No. 95, at Moschelle, near Annapolis Royal, January 25, 1921.
Derailment in Annapolis Royal Railyard on May 7, 1922.
Derailment in Annapolis Royal Railyard with box car DAR 106308 and Imperial Oil car tank car IOX2058 for the Imperial Oil Bulk Plant, May 7, 1922.
Derailment on May 7, 1922 showing the in the Annapolis Royal Railyard, Freight Shed, the enginehouse, DAR boxcar No. 69938, DAR boxcar 1310 and CPR boxcar 106308.
Derailment on May 7, 1922 showing the Annapolis Royal Railyard, Freight Shed, DAR boxcar No. 69950 and DAR wrecking crane.
Aerial view of Annapolis Royal with the Annapolis Royal Enginehouse, centre right; the Annapolis Royal Fruit Co. warehouse, centre; the Annapolis Royal Railway Wharf, centre left; and the Acadia Steamship Co. wharf and warehouse, far left, July 1931.
Fort Anne and the Annapolis Royal Enginehouse, Annapolis Royal Esso Bulk Plant, Annapolis Royal Freight Shed the Annapolis Royal Water Tower, July 1931.
Outfit cars No. 859, formerly No.52 Baggage and No. 872, No. 36 Coach at Annapolis Royal, July 1937.
DAR Locomotive 552 at the Annapolis Royal Station and St. George Street Overpass with Van No. 97 in passenger train, circa 1940.
Princess Margaret Train Eastbound at Annapolis Royal Station, 10th August 1958.
Princess Margaret Train passing through Annapolis Royal Area, 10th August 1958.
Water tower at left, station in centre and freight shed at right at Annapolis Royal on August 27, 1956.
Annapolis Royal Station, looking east with the Annapolis Royal Water Tower and tank car, June 1959.
No. 9059 arriving at Annapolis Royal in August 1959.
No. 9059, at station in Annapolis Royal departing for Halifax in August 1959.
Annapolis Royal Station and Annapolis Royal Freight Shed, early 1970s.
Annapolis Royal Station with freight shed and fuel tank cars at the Texaco bulk fuel siding on August 5, 1973.
Annapolis Royal Station and Freight Shed with the Texaco bulk fuel plant in the background on August 5, 1973.
St. George Street Overpass with the Annapolis Royal Station, June 28, 1975.
Dayliner at Annapolis Royal Station with Annapolis Royal Freight Shed in the background on July 18, 1975.
Annapolis Royal Station and St. George Street Overpass in 1975.
Annapolis Royal Station, Freight Shed and St. George Street Overpass viewed from RDC Train No. 2, May 26, 1977.
VIA Rail No. 6221 at the Annapolis Royal Station, July 14, 1986.
Annapolis Royal VIA station with Via No. 6128, , November 1988.
Eastbound freight passes with No. 434061 at Annapolis Royal Station as seen from St. George Street Overpass on May 18, 1989.
VIA Yarmouth - Halifax Train No. 152 pauses at Annapolis Royal Station at 9:05 a.m. on its last run on Saturday, January 13, 1990.
Modern day appearance of restored station, 2006.
Annapolis Royal Station, facing west, August 30, 2011.

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