Aleza Lake station is on the Canadian National Railway mainline in Aleza Lake, British Columbia, Canada. Via Rail's Jasper – Prince Rupert train calls at the station as a flag stop.
History
Aleza Lake, like Newlands to its west and Hansard to its east, was an original train station (1914) on the GTP1914 Timetable. p. 4. (the Canadian National Railway after nationalization). It had no station agent. Aleza Lake lies at Mile 108.8, Fraser Subdivision (about Mile 198 during the line's construction). The railhead reached Mile 197 in December 1913.Fort George Herald, 10 Dec 1913 During the following years, some speculated the Edmonton, Dunvegan and British Columbia Railway would continue southwest through the Wapiti Pass, until joining the GTP near Aleza Lake, with the goal of securing running rights westward over that line.Prince George Star, 20 Oct 1916
Herman G. Griese (1892–1940) of Shelley (misreported as Edward), section hand (track maintenance), died from a heart attack in the section-house while preparing to go to work.Prince George Citizen: 16 & 23 May 1940
After passing trains had destroyed 100 head of cattle on the Willow River-Aleza Lake stretch during 1958–63, the CNR erected protective fencing.Prince George Citizen: 1 Mar 1963 & 9 Oct 1963
A 160-foot washout west of Aleza Lake terminated a westbound passenger train at Upper Fraser in spring 1966. Towed through heavy mud and deep holes by bulldozers near Giscome, three buses brought eastbound passengers from Prince George, and returned with the westbound ones. To provisionally bridge the track bed, which had subsided 10 feet, CN crews worked around the clock for four days before reopening the line.Prince George Citizen: 29 & 30 Mar 1966 Restoration work occurred in 1980, 1984 and 1990.Prince George Citizen: 3 Jul 1980, 24 May 1984 & 12 Jul 1990
Built in 1914, the standard-design Plan 100-152 (Bohi's Type E) station building was sold in 1968. An unspecified freight and passenger shelter remained into the 2000s.Image: Prince George Citizen, 30 Aug 1974
The remaining passenger shelter went in 1996.Prince George Free Press, 21 Jan 1996
Trick Lumber/United Forest Prodt. stop (Mile 107.3) Service c.1963–1964 1964–1968 1968–1971 1964 Timetable. Northern BC Archives. p. 441965 Timetable. Northern BC Archives. pp. 25–261967 Timetable. Northern BC Archives. p. 38 1968 Timetable. Northern BC Archives. pp. 25–26 Passenger Flag stop Way freight Flag stop Flag stop Flag stop
Aleza Lake stop (Mile 108.8) Service 1914–c.1921 c.1921–1931 1932–1942 1943–c.1958 c.1959–1965 1965–1966 1966–1977 1977–present 1920 Timetable. Bulkley Valley Museum. p. 8. 1922 Timetable: Northern BC Archives. p. 81923 Timetable. p. 70.1925 Timetable. p. 105. Prince George Citizen: 12 & 19 Nov 19311932 Timetable. p. 58.1933 Timetable. Northern BC Archives. p. 8.1935 Timetable. p. 60.1942 Timetable. p. 58. 1943 Timetable. Northern BC Archives. p. 9.1945 Timetable. p. 61.1949 Timetable. p. 59. 1960 Timetable. Northern BC Archives. pp. 21–22 1972 Timetable. Northern BC Archives. pp. 25–261973 Timetable. Northern BC Archives. p. 18 1990 Timetable. Northern BC Archives. pp. 95–971992 Timetable. Northern BC Archives. pp. 103–105Recent timetables Passenger Regular stop Regular stop Regular stop Flag stop Regular stop Flag stop Flag stop Way freight Flag stop probably Regular stop Regular stop Regular stop Regular stop Regular stop Regular stop
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