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File:MillettLakeville.jpg|The Herbert Oyler [[:Category:Apple Warehouses|apple warehouse]] on Tory Lane in [[Lakevillle]], circa 1920.
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Revision as of 20:56, 12 May 2022


Lakeville, Nova Scotia

Subdivision Weston, Mile 5.08

Previous Station: Billtown

Station, served by travelling agent. The station also served as dwelling for section foreman Stanley Veinot, his wife and five children.(1)

  • Lakeville Fruit Company warehouse, Turner Road, Mile 3.78
  • Herbert Oyler warehouse, Mile 3.79
  • Siding, 1064 feet/18 cars and engine, with fruit warehouse Mile 5.08
  • Herbert Oyler Tory Lane, apple warehouse, Mile 5.59

Apple Evaporator

Next Station: Woodville

Today Lakeville is home to the the former Billtown Station, formerly used for storage in an orchard, now being restored beside the old DAR right of way.

Gallery

References and Footnotes

(1) The Weston Branch and Margaretville in Nova Scotia by Elizabeth M. Clarke, page 13.

  • Dominion Atlantic Railway Employee Time Table September 25, 1949, Library and Archives Canada, PMP - HE.2804 DC
  • 1915 North Mountain Line Track Profile, Library and Archives Canada, RG 12M 77803/17 Item 782
  • Valley Gold, Anne Hutton, pages 79-90

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