Sissiboo Falls

Sissiboo Falls

Subdivision Yarmouth, Mile 35.4
Next Station East: Plympton
Next Station West: Weymouth

• Sissiboo Falls Station
• Siding for 16 cars and engine

This small stop between Plympton and Weymouth, known in later years as Sissiboo, was three miles northwest of the actual community of Sissiboo Falls. In 1947, the small station/section house was moved from Sissiboo to Lake Annis.(1) Sissiboo Falls remained a flag stop until the 1950s.(2) About five miles to the west was a junction of the branch line to the Sissiboo Pulp and Paper Company, active 1919-1928.

Gallery

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  C.P.R. track profile drawing showing Sissaboo Falls, March 18, 1918.

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  Weymouth Falls (Sissiboo Falls) with the Sissiboo Pulp and Paper company plant, dam and abandoned short line railway tracks at lower centre, July 29, 1931.

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  Topographical map of the Weymouth area, including Sissiboo Falls and Plympton and the 1919-1928 branch line to the Sissiboo Pulp and Paper Company, 1950.

References and Footnote

(1) Jim Vickery, "The Railway", History of Lake Annis website: includes photos of stations and mail hook

(2) 1951 Dominion Atlantic Railway Employee Time Table - September 30, 1951, page 5