South Peace Historical Society Railway Station Museum - Dawson Creek, BC, Canada
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The old Dawson Creek Train Station now houses the city's museum. It is in Northern Alberta Railway Park, and also houses the Visitor Information centre.
Waymark Code: WMK1FN
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Date Posted: 01/29/2014
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A wonderful way for a community to preserve its heritage buildings is to turn them into museums, which is what Dawson Creek has done with both its train station and its last remaining grain elevator.
Situated within Northern Alberta Railway Park, the train station has been more or less retrofitted to assume the personality it exhibited at its inception in 1931, shortly after it became the western terminus of Northern Alberta Railways in 1930. As well as railway memorabilia, it contains pioneer artifacts, wildlife displays and artifacts connected with the construction of the Alaska Highway. As the stationmaster and his family lived in the station, the living quarters, too, have been restored to appear as they would have in 1931, with all the household trappings and artifacts one would expect to see in these quarters.
