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4 unusual facts about Canadian Northern Railway


Alberta Railway Museum

The Alberta Railway Museum opened in 1976 in a historic spot, on the former Canadian Northern Railway Coronado Subdivision.

Angus Horne Lake

The lake and creek are named for Angus Horne who was born in Enfield, Nova Scotia, in 1880 and came to the North Thompson Valley in 1912 to work on the Canadian Northern Railway surveys.

Davenport Road

The Davenport Street Railway Company was purchased by the Toronto Suburban Street Railway Company 1894, which as in turn acquired by the owners of the Canadian Northern Railway.

Hudson Bay Railway

The original Hudson Bay Railway line was built in stages north from The Pas after a railway bridge was constructed over the Saskatchewan River in 1910-1911 by the Canadian Northern Railway (CNoR).


Canadian National 3254

In 1918, the Canadian Government Railways combined with the Canadian Northern Railway formed the Canadian National Railways.

Prairie River railway station

The Prairie River railway station, located in the hamlet of Prairie River within the rural municipality of Porcupine No. 395, Saskatchewan, was built by the Canadian Northern Railway.

Suffield Block

Learmouth, Bemister and Kalbeck are place names along the HannaMedicine Hat Canadian Northern Railway grade within the Suffield Block that was never completed.


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Port Mann

Soon after the sale of land at Port Mann, Canadian Northern Railway was involved in a similar development near Montreal where the Town of Mount Royal was created in 1912 and construction was started on the Mount Royal Tunnel on July 8, 1912.

Warman, Saskatchewan

Soon the name of the town site was changed to Warman, named after Cy Warman (1855–1914), a journalist who followed and recorded the construction of the Canadian Northern Railway.