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Rossland
Museum and the famous Le Roi Mine. -Robert D. Turner |
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Air
compressor at the Rossland Museum. -Robert D. Turner |
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The
Castlegar Station, 1998. Originally located with the wye where the tracks
led west to Grand Forks and south to Trail, the station was relocated outside
the yards and is now a beautifully maintained community museum and information
centre. -Robert D. Turner |
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Nelson
Station, 1998. Nelson's large station, built in 1899, was used by the
railway until most administrative positions were transferred to other locations.
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Creston
Station, -Robert D. Turner Cranbrook Station, 1998. -Robert D. Turner
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C.P.R.
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Cranbrook
Watertower, 1998. The only steam-era water tower or water tank preserved
along the Crowsnest Route in British Columbia is at the Canadian Museum
of Rail Travel at Cranbrook. It was moved from its original location in
the CPR yards to its imposing site at the Museum. -Robert D. Turner |
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Cranbrook
Roundhouse, 1998. The roundhouse at Cranbrook, built to service steam
locomotives is used by the railway for servicing maintenance vehicles and
for storage. The turntable is still used occasionally for turning locomotives
and other equipment. -Robert D. Turner |
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Cranbrook
Freight house, 1998. The freight house in Cranbrook is one of the few
structures of its type preserved. It will be included in the expansion of
the Canadian Museum of Rail Travel. -Robert D. Turner |
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Canadian
Pacific's superintendent's home at Cranbrook, the Procter House, is
a heritage building in the city. Canadian Pacific's superintendent's home
at Cranbrook, the Procter House, is a heritage building in the city. At
117 - 12th Avenue (Garden Avenue) in the Baker Hill Heritage Area. Substantial
restoration was done to the house by the owners in 2002. At one time the
Superintendent was responsible for the rail line from Medicine Hat to
Kootenay Lake. -Robert
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Kimberley
Station, 1998. The Kimberley station is used as a restaurant in the
centre of the city. -Robert D. Turner |
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Windermere
Station, 1998. Windermere's beautiful log station, built in 1923, was
damaged in a fire in 1975 but was relocated to Invermere and restored where
it is the home for the community's fine museum and a prominent feature of
the heritage park. -Robert D. Turner |
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Fernie
Station, 1998. The large station at Fernie has been remodeled as a excellent
community centre. The station is painted a striking blue, a colour that
historically was not used by the Canadian Pacific for its depots.-Robert
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Leitch
Colliery Historic Site east of Crowsnest Pass in Alberta. -Robert D.
Turner |
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The
Leitch Colliery power house at the Leitch Colliery Historic Site. -Robert
D. Turner |
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Nelson's
restored streetcar No. 23 operates along the waterfront each summer.
Nelson was the only city in the Kootenays to have a streetcar system. -Robert
D. Turner |
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Crowsnest
Mountain. -Robert D. Turner |
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Crowsnest
Lake and an eastbound CPR train from the Crowsnest Pass National Historic
Site monument. -Robert D. Turner |