Historic Sites of Manitoba: Canadian National Railway Station / Cranberry Portage Heritage Museum (Cranberry Portage, RM of Kelsey)

This third-class Canadian National Railway station at Cranberry Portage, in the Rural Municipality of Kelsey, was built in 1929. It became a municipally-designated historic site in 1992. The building was unused until 2012 when a local initiative restored the building and converted it into a museum, which opened officially on 31 May 2015.

Canadian National Railway station at Cranberry Portage (November 1976) by Hilt Friesen Source: S. J. McKee Archives, Hilt Friesen Collection, HF0719 Canadian National Railway station at Cranberry Portage (November 1976) by Hilt Friesen Source: S. J. McKee Archives, Hilt Friesen Collection, HF0735 Former Canadian National Railway station at Cranberry Portage (August 1996) Source: George Penner Former Canadian National Railway station at Cranberry Portage (July 2013) Source: Alan Mason Cranberry Portage Heritage Museum (July 2021) Source: George Penner Interior of the Cranberry Portage Heritage Museum (October 2023) Source: Glen Toews Interior of the Cranberry Portage Heritage Museum (October 2023) Source: Glen Toews Site Coordinates (lat/long): N54.58555, W101.38185 denoted by symbol on the map above

See also:

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Municipally Designated Historic Sites

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Railway Stations

Sources:

This page was prepared by Alan Mason, George Penner, Glen Toews, and Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 22 October 2023

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