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Wolfville Station
Wolfville Station
Windsor & Annapolis Railway Wood Station 1869 - 1891
The first Wolfville station although not specifically mentioned except by the way that it was a passenger stop, was constructed as one of the original 21 stations for the newly minted Windsor & Annapolis Railway and received it's first official passenger train full of dignitaries from Halifax and led by the engine "Evangeline" at 12:55 on August 19, 1869. (1)
The following information was forwarded to the DARDPI by Heather Watts of the Wolfville Historical Society (2):
Tom Sheppard says in Historic Wolfville, "Wolfville was the headquarters for the railway at first, and engines built in England landed at the town. Disagreements with landowners forced the move of the headquarters to Kentville." Our own Mud Creek says that the first station agent was Samuel Prat. By 1888, Mumford was agent.
Wolfville Station platform of wooden station, Wolfville.
Windsor & Annapolis Railway / Dominion Atlantic Railway Wood Station 1891 - 1911
The following information was forwarded to the DARDPI by Heather Watts of the Wolfville Historical Society (2):
The Halifax Morning Herald of August 1891 said "A new railway station had been built in May, one of the best, second only to that in Middleton." Graves was stationmaster at the time.
Wolfville Station platform of wooden station, Wolfville.
Wolfville Station, Wolfville, in 1900.
No. 33 at Wolfville Station circa 1901 to 1911.
Dominion Atlantic Railway Brick Station 1911 - Present
After the second station was destoyed in a 1911 fire, a new station was designed by Halifax architect Herbert Gates who had designed the expansion of the Kentville Station in 1902. It was completed in 1912. The station was restored and open as town library in 1993.(3) It still boasts the original station clock as well as a large-scale model of DAR locomotive No. 32.
The "new" Wolfville Station, Wolfville, in 1914.
Wolfville Station, Wolfville, in 1930.
References and Footnotes
- (1) Marguerite Woodworth, History of the Dominion Atlantic Railway, page 66.
- (2) Wolfville Historical Society
- (3) Peter M. Latta, Old Railway Statiosn of the Maritimes, St. Agnes Press, p. 26.
