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* [[Upper Clements Station]] D.A.R. Scheduled stop from 1894 to 1951
 
* [[Upper Clements Station]] D.A.R. Scheduled stop from 1894 to 1951
 
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==Description & History==
 
==Description & History==
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Named because it was the upper end of Clements Township, the area was originally a small Acadian settlement and later settled by Loyalists about 1784.<ref>[https://archives.novascotia.ca/places/page/?ID=692 "Upper Clements", ''Places and Placenames of Nova Scotia'', Nova Scotia Archives, p. 692.]</ref> Regular rail service began on July 27, 1891 after the federal government completed the bridges of the "missing link" between [[Annapolis Royal]] and [[Digby]]. Service began with trains of the [[Western Counties Railway]] in 1891 which connected to the [[Windsor & Annapolis Railway]] at [[Annapolis Royal]].<ref>[[Marguerite Woodworth]], ''[[History of the Dominion Atlantic Railway]], page 109.</ref> The Dominion Atlantic Railway took over service in 1894 after the WCR and the WAR merged to create the DAR.
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Named because it was the upper end of Clements Township, the area was originally a small Acadian settlement and later settled by Loyalists about 1784.<ref>[https://archives.novascotia.ca/places/page/?ID=692 "Upper Clements", ''Places and Placenames of Nova Scotia'', Nova Scotia Archives, p. 692.]</ref> The first train to arrive was a [[Windsor & Atlantic Railway]] work train from [[Annapolis Royal]] driven by Robert Stewart with conductor David Cook carrying a load of ballast and rails for the construction of the line's "missing link" to [[Digby]].<ref>[[Clarke, William Wylie|W. W. Clarke]], [[Clarke's History of the Earliest Railways in Nova Scotia]] (c. 1925) p. 11.</ref>
  
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An engine derailed on [[Train No. 100]], the Yarmouth-Halifax night train at Upper Clements on Nov. 15, 1922, blockign the line for a day.<ref>"Mishap Holds up Western Traffic", Halifax Herald, Nov. 16, 1922, Carll Riff Collection.</ref> A larger passenger derailment occurred at Upper Clements in August 1944 when [[Train No. 98]] derailed at mile 3 sending five passenger cars off the tracks. A theme park opened at Upper Clements in 1989, with some elements that borrowed on DAR and WAR themes and included a 4-6-0 CNR locomotive, No. 1521. The theme park struggled over the years and and closed in 2019 with the land earmarked for a private school. The locomotive was donated to the [http://www.middletonrailwaymuseum.org Middleton Railway Museum] and moved to [[Middleton]] for restoration on Dec. 17, 2020.<ref>[https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/steam-train-new-home-middleton-museum-1.5848028 Elizabeth Chiu, "Steam train finds new home at Middleton museum", ''CBC News'', Dec. 20, 2020]</ref>
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Regular rail service began on July 27, 1891 after the federal government completed the bridges of the missing link between [[Annapolis Royal]] and [[Digby]]. Service began with trains of the [[Western Counties Railway]] in 1891 which connected to the [[Windsor & Annapolis Railway]] at [[Annapolis Royal]].<ref>[[Marguerite Woodworth]], ''[[History of the Dominion Atlantic Railway]], page 109.</ref> The Dominion Atlantic Railway took over service in 1894 after the WCR and the WAR merged to create the DAR.
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An engine derailed on [[Train No. 100]], the Yarmouth-Halifax night train at Upper Clements on Nov. 15, 1922, blocking the line for a day.<ref>"Mishap Holds up Western Traffic", Halifax Herald, Nov. 16, 1922, Carll Riff Collection.</ref> A larger passenger derailment occurred at Upper Clements in August 1944 when [[Train No. 98]] derailed at mile 3 sending five passenger cars off the tracks.
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A theme park opened at Upper Clements in 1989, with prominent features that borrowed on DAR and WAR themes and included a 4-6-0 CNR locomotive, No. 1521. The theme park struggled over the years and and closed in 2019 with the land earmarked for a private school. The locomotive was donated to the [http://www.middletonrailwaymuseum.org Middleton Railway Museum] and moved to [[Middleton]] for restoration on Dec. 17, 2020.<ref>[https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/steam-train-new-home-middleton-museum-1.5848028 Elizabeth Chiu, "Steam train finds new home at Middleton museum", ''CBC News'', Dec. 20, 2020]</ref>
  
 
==Gallery==
 
==Gallery==

Revision as of 17:06, 30 July 2025


Upper Clements, Nova Scotia

Subdivision Yarmouth, Mile 4.78, Elevation 79'

Next Station West: Clementsport

Next Station East: Annapolis Royal

Facilities & Features

Description & History

Named because it was the upper end of Clements Township, the area was originally a small Acadian settlement and later settled by Loyalists about 1784.[1] The first train to arrive was a Windsor & Atlantic Railway work train from Annapolis Royal driven by Robert Stewart with conductor David Cook carrying a load of ballast and rails for the construction of the line's "missing link" to Digby.[2]

Regular rail service began on July 27, 1891 after the federal government completed the bridges of the missing link between Annapolis Royal and Digby. Service began with trains of the Western Counties Railway in 1891 which connected to the Windsor & Annapolis Railway at Annapolis Royal.[3] The Dominion Atlantic Railway took over service in 1894 after the WCR and the WAR merged to create the DAR.

An engine derailed on Train No. 100, the Yarmouth-Halifax night train at Upper Clements on Nov. 15, 1922, blocking the line for a day.[4] A larger passenger derailment occurred at Upper Clements in August 1944 when Train No. 98 derailed at mile 3 sending five passenger cars off the tracks.

A theme park opened at Upper Clements in 1989, with prominent features that borrowed on DAR and WAR themes and included a 4-6-0 CNR locomotive, No. 1521. The theme park struggled over the years and and closed in 2019 with the land earmarked for a private school. The locomotive was donated to the Middleton Railway Museum and moved to Middleton for restoration on Dec. 17, 2020.[5]

Gallery


References & Footnotes

  1. ↑ "Upper Clements", Places and Placenames of Nova Scotia, Nova Scotia Archives, p. 692.
  2. ↑ W. W. Clarke, Clarke's History of the Earliest Railways in Nova Scotia (c. 1925) p. 11.
  3. ↑ Marguerite Woodworth, History of the Dominion Atlantic Railway, page 109.
  4. ↑ "Mishap Holds up Western Traffic", Halifax Herald, Nov. 16, 1922, Carll Riff Collection.
  5. ↑ Elizabeth Chiu, "Steam train finds new home at Middleton museum", CBC News, Dec. 20, 2020
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