Lacolle station | |
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General information | |
Address | 21 rue Ste-Marie |
Town or city | Lacolle, Quebec |
Country | Canada |
Coordinates | 45°04′55″N 73°22′08″W / 45.08194°N 73.36889°W |
Construction started | July 15, 1930 |
Completed | November 15, 1930 |
Inaugurated | November 17, 1930 |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Charles Reginald Tetley |
Official name | Canadian Pacific Railway Station |
Designated | 1991 |
Reference no. | 4530 |
Lacolle station is a former railway station in Lacolle, Quebec. Its address is 21 rue Ste-Marie adjacent to the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) Lacolle Subdivision. A large piece of land surrounds it and a long yard is located on the other side of the tracks.
Situated close to the Canada–US border, the Canadian Pacific Railway station at Lacolle played a role as both a railway station and a customs and immigration post for Canadian and American border officers.
Today the building is abandoned, but acquisition of the station from Canadian Pacific Railway is almost complete as of October 2011 by the municipality of Lacolle. The municipality is planning for the restoration of the station by 2014 at an estimated cost of 1 million dollars. The station is planned to be a municipal museum; the historical society would also have space for a conference room (as told by local newspapers and the mayor of Lacolle).