Cranberry Portage station is a former railway station in Cranberry Portage, Manitoba, Canada, whose building is now home to the Cranberry Portage Heritage Museum.
Located west of Grass River Provincial Park in north-central Manitoba, the building was constructed in 1929 as a two-storey, third-class station by the Canadian National Railway. The station was later served by Via Rail's "The Pas-Pukatawagan" line for the Keewatin Railway.
History The Cranberry Portage station building was constructed in 1929 as a two-storey, third-class station by the Canadian National Railway (CNR). This section of the CNR track, known as the Hudson Bay Railway, proved to be essential to the development of northern Manitoba.
The station would later go on to be served by Via Rail, on its "The Pas-Pukatawagan" line for the Keewatin Railway, twice per week in each direction.
In 1992 the railway station was designated a historic site.
The building was unused until 2012, when a local initiative restored the building and converted it into the Cranberry Portage Heritage Museum, which opened officially on May 31, 2015. The building features a post-1915 "third-class" Canadian National Railway design, characterized by a two-storey main block with a hipped roof, a platform-facing bay window, and a long single-storey wing for baggage and freight. Before a highway connection reached the area in 1952, the station served as the primary transport and freight hub for the local community, fur traders, and surrounding mining operations.
See also
List of designated heritage railway stations of Canada
References
External links Cranberry Portage Heritage Museum - Building Acquisition