The Guelph CPR Station mystery

From Guelph Mercury October 3rd, 2014

Here’s a train station that didn’t remain stationary.

The CPR station between Cardigan Street and the Speed River near Eramosa Road was a solid, brick building erected in 1911. It replaced the Priory House station — long known as the first substantial house built in Guelph, back in 1827 — as the CPR stop in the royal city.

From 1911 to the final train on Nov. 16, 1960, the 4,000-square-foot station was the final stop for thousands of train passengers bound for Guelph.

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Guelph’s old CPR station sits unassembled in Cambridge. Guelph Public Library Archives F45-0-10-0-0-1370

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