Saskatoon | ||||||||||||||||||||
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&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:CPRSaskatoon.jpg) Saskatoon station, facing the roadway | ||||||||||||||||||||
| General information | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | 24th Street and Avenue A (now Idylwyld Drive) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 52°07′56″N 106°40′16″W / 52.132222°N 106.671111°W | |||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Ken Achs | |||||||||||||||||||
| Construction | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Architect | J. Carmichael | |||||||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 1908 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Closed | 1960 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1993 (sold to private developer) | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Official name | Saskatoon Railway Station (Canadian Pacific) National Historic Site of Canada | |||||||||||||||||||
| Designated | 1976 | |||||||||||||||||||
Saskatoon station is a historic railway station building in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. It was built in 1908. It was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1976,[1] and has also been protected as a Heritage Railway Station of Canada since 1990.[2]
Saskatoon earned the nickname Hub City from the contributions of the CPR, CNR and GTP.[3] The station was situated on the Regina, Saskatchewan to Edmonton, Alberta rail line.
- ^ Saskatoon Railway Station (Canadian Pacific). Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
- ^ Canadian Pacific Railway Station. Directory of Federal Heritage Designations. Parks Canada. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
- ^ History of Saskatoon#Hub city and agricultural boom