Formerly located along Railway Avenue at La Riviere, on the CPR La Riviere Subdivision in what is now the Municipality of Pembina, a one-storey brick fan-shaped, four-bay engine house and turntable were constructed in 1908 for the Canadian Pacific Railway to provide repair services for steam locomotives. It was identical in appearance to a Turntable and Engine House at Reston.
The turntable and engine house were demolished in the 1960s but parts of the concrete foundation for the engine house remains at the site.
Fire insurance map showing the Canadian Pacific Railway Turntable and Engine House at La Riviere (June 1910)
Source: La Riviere fire insurance map, #1 June 1910, Library and Archives Canada.Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.24060, W98.67651
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Canadian Pacific Railway Water Tower (La Riviere, Municipality of Pembina)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Canadian National Railway Turntable and Engine House (Jackson Street, Dauphin)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Canadian National Railway Turntable and Engine House (The Pas)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Canadian Pacific Railway Engine House (198 Archibald Street, Winnipeg)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Canadian Pacific Railway Engine House (First Street, Reston, RM of Pipestone)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Canadian Pacific Railway Turntable and Engine House (La Riviere, Municipality of Pembina)
MHS Centennial Business: Canadian Pacific Railway Company / CPKC
La Riviere fire insurance map, #1 June 1910, Library and Archives Canada.
Turning Leaves: A History of La Riviere and District by La Riviere Historical Book Society, 1979, page 43.
La Rivière Canadian Pacific Railway Station (Archibald Museum), SE 17-4-9W, near La Riviere, R.M. of Pembina, Manitoba Historic Resources Branch.
This page was prepared by Jordan Makichuk.
Page revised: 3 November 2025
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