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Stillwater Lake
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Stillwater Lake, Nova Scotia
Mile 19.00 from Windsor Junction on the Halifax Subdivision (Mile 34.81 from Halifax)
Elevation: 430 feet above sea level
- Next Station East: Mount Uniacke
- Next Station West: Claremont's
Facilities & Features
- Passing Track
- Flag stop
Description & History
Stillwater Lake was a popular location for DAR employee hunting and fishing cabins, many which were located on the adjacent lakes,[1] some built with old caboose and passenger stoves and fitted with surplus passenger car windows.[2]
Gallery
Topographic map from Stillwater to Windsor Junction circa 1956.
References & Footnotes
- ↑ Kentville Advertiser references: Conductor William Lightie cutting & storing ice at his cottage for summer use - Feb. 18, 1937, Conductors and pensioners get good fishing - May 27, 1937, More fishing noted at Stillwater by trainman & engineer June 3, 1937, Conductor William Lightie & wife to Stillwater to reopen camp - May 5, 1938, William & Mrs Young, Kingsport, vacation with Dan McIvor at Stillwater - May 26, 1938
- ↑ Oral History related to Dan Conlin by Leon Barron
