The Canadian Northern Railway was begun in 1899 when the entrepreneurs Mackenzie and Mann brought about the amalgamation of two small railways. Although they began to build new track they also acquired other existing lines including the important Northern Pacific and Manitoba Railway in 1901. When the Canadian government took over the Canadian Northern in 1917, the railway spanned the country. This station, built in 1889 at Miami in the Rural Municipality of Thompson, is a rare surviving example of a Northern Pacific and Manitoba Railway station which was used for many years by the Canadian Northern and the Canadian National Railways. It was designated a national historic site by the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada (1976) and a municipally-designated heritage site (2008).
A caboose formerly operated by the Canadian Pacific Railway was acquired in 2019 from the Archibald Museum after its closure. Built in 1913, its van has a steel underframe, post-1962 CPR lettering scheme, and plywood siding.
Canadian National Railway station at Miami (July 1973) by Hilt Friesen
Source: S. J. McKee Archives, Hilt Friesen Collection, HF0468
Former Canadian National Railway station at Miami (June 1994)
Source: George Penner
Former Canadian National Railway station at Miami (October 2010)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
Former Canadian National Railway station at Miami (May 2018)
Source: Manny Jacob
Former Canadian National Railway station at Miami (May 2019)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
Former Canadian National Railway station at Miami (June 2023)
Source: Jordan Makichuk
Former Canadian National Railway station at Miami (September 2023)
Source: Rose Kuzina
Commemorative plaque and railway station at Miami (May 2019)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
Former CPR caboose at the Canadian National Railway station at Miami (May 2020)
Source: Manny Jacob
Former CPR caboose at the Canadian National Railway station at Miami (June 2023)
Source: Jordan Makichuk
Fallout Reporting Post KE4 (March 2024)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
Fallout Reporting Post KE4 (March 2024)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
Fallout Reporting Post KE4 (September 2024)
Source: Rose Kuzina
Fallout Reporting Post KE4 (September 2024)
Source: Anonymous with permission to Rose KuzinaSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.36987, W98.24402
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Miami Museum (Miami, RM of Thompson)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Manitoba Plaques for Persons, Events and Sites of National Historic Significance
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Municipally Designated Historic Sites
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Railway Stations
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Fallout Reporting Post KE4 (Northwest Angle Provincial Forest)
Railway Stations of Manitoba: A Building Inventory by Patricia Trainor, Farhad Rahbary, and David Butterfield, Historic Resources Branch, Manitoba Department of Culture, Heritage and Tourism, 1984, 233 pages. [Manitoba Legislative Library]
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough, George Penner, Manny Jacob, Jordan Makichuk, and Rose Kuzina.
Page revised: 17 February 2025
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