Manitoba Business: Canadian Northern Railway / Canadian National Railway

In 1923, it merged into the Canadian National Railway.

General Managers (Western Region)

Term	General Manager
?-1948	Howard Hartman Sparling (1883-1969)
1949-?	John Reginald McMillan (1905-1991)

Subdivisions (Manitoba)

CNR Subdivision	Station (former name)	Miles	Junction(s)	Abandonment	Elevators (number)
Cabot	Winnipeg	0.0		Abandoned (29 August 1975), R-21036
	Searle / Pacific Junction	7.1			Federal
	West Winnipeg	14.4
	Beaudry	17.7
	Cabot	22.2			Scottish Wholesale
	Dugas	25.7		Abandoned (April 1965)
	North Elie	30.5
	Fortier	37.1
	Gervais	44.3
	East Tower	53.1
	GN Junction	54.1	Rivers
Carberry	Brandon Junction	0.0
	Carberry	4.1
	Fairview	8.5			UGG
	Petrel	12.4
	Petrel Junction	12.9	Rivers	Abandoned (31 December 1978), R-26840
	Munroe	17.7
	Carberry Junction	22.8
Carman	Winnipeg	0.0
	Oak Bluff	5.4
	Dipple	9.9			Paterson
	Sanford	13.3			Pool
	Brunkild	21.8			Pool (2), UGG
	Mollard	26.1			Pool
	Sperling	30.1			Pool, UGG
	Homewood	37.2			Pool, UGG (2)
	Carman	43.6
	Graysville	50.5		Abandoned (7 February 1978), R-26028	Pool, UGG
	Stephenfield	54.8			Federal
	Roseisle	59.0			Paterson
	Leary’s	63.2		Abandoned (16 November 1975), R-21239
	Babcock	64.6
	Valde Spur	68.8
	Cardinal	70.9			UGG
	Notre Dame de Lourdes	73.1			Federal, Pool
	Risteen	73.5		Abandoned (31 December 1978), R-27921
	Somerset	78.9	Miami		Paterson, Pool, UGG
	Swan Lake	85.2			Paterson, Pool, UGG
	Indian Springs	91.3			UGG
	Mariapolis	96.0			UGG (2)
	Greenway	103.0			UGG
	Baldur	109.0			Pool (2)
	Belmont	118.8	Hartney, Wawanesa		Pool, UGG
Chisel Lake	Optic Lake	0.0		Abandoned (16 August 1988), 1988-R-715
	Chisel Lake	51.4
	Osborne Lake	71.0
Cowan	Dauphin	0.0		Abandoned (2000)	Federal (2), National, Pool (3), UGG (2)
	Valley River	5.6			National
	Sifton	13.2			UGG
	Ukraina	21.5
	Ethelbert	29.9			National, Pool
	Garland	38.7			Federal
	Pine River	48.9			National
	Sclater	59.3
	Cowan	66.7
	Renwer	77.5			UGG
	Minitonas	87.3			Federal, Pool A, Pool B, Pool C
	Sevick	93.2
	Swan River	98.4	Erwood, Preeceville		Cargill, Federal, National, Pioneer, Pool (3)
Cromer	Brandon	0.0	Hartney		Federal, Pool
	Villette	7.5
	Merle	14.9
	Terence	19.8
	Ralston	25.3
	Algar	32.4
	Maon	39.3
	Scarth	47.2
	Woodnorth	53.0	Kipling		Pool
	Cromer	60.1			Pool, UGG
	Butler	67.4	Kipling (Saskatchewan)		UGG
Delta	Oakland	0.0	Oakland	Abandoned (March 1941)	Pool (2)
	Huddlestone	3.2
	Delta	5.6
Emerson / Letellier	Winnipeg	0.0
	Portage Junction	2.6
	St. Vital	4.1
	St. Norbert	6.2
	Cartier	12.2
	Glenlea	15.6
	Ste. Agathe	20.5			Pool
	Union Point	24.2
	Silver Plains	29.4			Pool
	Swains	34.1
	Morris	37.4	Miami		Paterson, Pool
	St. Jean Baptiste	43.7			Paterson, Pool
	Martins Spur (Hope Farm)	46.9			Paterson
	Letellier	53.8			Pool, UGG
	Christie	58.5			UGG
	Emerson Junction	62.1
	Emerson	63.4
Erwood	Swan River	0.0	Cowan	Abandoned (3 April 2000)	Cargill, Federal, National, Pioneer, Pool (3)
	Bowsman	9.8			Federal A, Federal B, Pool A, Pool B, Pool C, UGG 1, UGG 2
	Birch River	21.5		Abandoned (30 July 1994), 1994-R-242	Federal, UGG (2)
	Novra	30.9			UGG
	Bellsite	35.5			UGG
	Mafeking	42.1
	Baden	50.2
	Powell	59.3		Abandoned (2 January 1990), 1989-R-249
	Barrows	61.0
	National Mills	66.9
	Westgate	70.0	Hudson Bay (Saskatchewan)
Flin Flon	The Pas	0.0	Wekusko		Federal
	Prospector	6.0
	Wanless	22.2
	Atik	30.2
	Simonhouse	41.0
	Cranberry Portage	51.1	Sherridon
	Millwater	62.5
	Athapop	66.0
	Channing	81.7
	Flin Flon	87.5
Gladstone	Winnipeg	0.0
	Mile 10.6 (St. Charles)	10.6			Federal
	Diamond	13.1
	Calrin	17.2
	White Plains	20.5
	Dacotah	25.0			Paterson
	Elie	30.5			Pool, UGG
	Benard	34.8			Pool
	Willow Range	38.0
	Oakville	41.7			Pool A, Pool B, UGG
	Newton Siding	45.2			UGG
	Curtis	48.2			Pool
	East Tower	54.1
	Portage la Prairie	54.3	Rivers		UGG 2
	West Tower	56.1
	Portage Junction	56.3
	Hobson	60.3
	Rignold	65.7			UGG
	Youill	70.1
	Beaver	74.3			UGG
	Katrime	79.0			Pool
	Muir	82.8
	Golden Stream	87.0			Federal
	Gladstone	92.2			Pool
	Ogilvie	99.9
	Plumas	106.1			UGG (3)
	Colby	110.4			Scottish Co-operative
	Tenby	114.4			UGG
	Glenella	119.6			Pool
	Glencairn	127.7
	Reeve	134.5
	McCreary Junction	138.6	Neepawa
	McCreary	139.7			Federal, UGG
	Laurier	148.2			Federal
	Makinak	156.6			Pool
	Ochre River	163.9	Ste. Rose		National
	Paulson	171.8
	Dauphin	177.5	Togo		Federal (2), National, Pool (3), UGG (2)
Hartney	Belmont	0.0	Carman		Pool, UGG
	Hartney Junction	3.4	Wawanesa
	Tiger Hills	8.4
	Sanatorium	12.0
	Ninette	12.7			Pool
	Dunrea	17.3			Pool
	Margaret	22.9			Pool, UGG
	Minmar	27.0			McCabe
	Minto	30.4			Paterson, Pool, UGG
	Fairfax	35.6			Paterson, Pool, UGG
	Elgin	42.0		Abandoned (9 June 1978), R-26355	Paterson, Pool, UGG
	Underhill	47.2			UGG
	Argue	49.8			Ogilvie
	Hartney	54.1
	Grande Clairiere	62.9
	Findlay Crossing	68.1
	Findlay	69.2
	Belleview	72.3			Pool
	Agnew	78.0
	Scarth	82.8	Cromer, Kipling
	Maples	87.7		Abandoned (22 November 1975), R-21234	Pool
	Virden	91.4
Herchmer	Gillam	326.1	Thicket
	Kettle Rapids	333.5
	Jacam	341.9
	Bird	347.1
	Limestone	350.7
	Amery	355.0
	Charlebois	364.3
	Weir River	373.4
	Lawledge	382.1
	Thibaudeau	391.6
	Silcox	399.9
	Starnes	406.0
	Herchmer	412.0
	Kellett	417.4
	O'Day	426.2
	Back	434.4
	McClintock	442.2
	Belcher	451.0
	Cromarty	460.3
	Chesnaye	469.3
	Lamprey	477.6
	Bylot	485.2
	Digges	493.0
	Tidal	501.7
	Churchill	509.8			Terminal
Inwood	Grosse Isle	0.0	Oak Point	Abandoned (1 January 1990), 1989-R-232	Federal
	Ekhart	4.4
	Argyle	7.8			Federal
	Woodroyd	14.5
	Erinview	21.3
	Inwood	30.7
	Sandridge	35.9
	Narcisse	42.8
	Chatfield	50.1
	Poplarfield	57.1
	Broad Valley	64.5			Federal
	Fisher Branch	71.5			Federal, Pool
	Hodgson	80.9		Abandoned (16 March 1982), WDR-00731	Federal
Kipling	Scarth	0.0	Hartney
	Woodnorth	5.8	Cromer		Pool
	Cromer	12.9			Pool, UGG
	Butler	20.2
Miami	Morris	0.0	Emerson	Operation taken over by Southern Manitoba Railway (1999) then closed (2006); tracks removed (2007)
	Moyer	3.7
	Smith Spur	6.0			Pool
	Lowe Farm	9.9			Pool, UGG
	Kane	16.2			Paterson, UGG
	Myrtle	21.1			UGG
	Roland	25.9			UGG
	Jordan	28.8			Pool
	Rosebank	33.7			UGG 1, UGG 2
	Miami	39.6			Federal, Pool, UGG
	Deerwood	49.1			UGG
	Altamont	54.4			Federal, UGG
	Hubbell	58.9			UGG
	Somerset	62.1	Carman		Paterson, Pool, UGG
Neepawa	Muir / Gladstone Junction	0.0	Gladstone	Abandoned (31 December 1978), R-26840
	Mayfeld	5.6
	Helston (Berton)	10.9			Pool
	Lobbville (Wood Siding)	14.4		Abandoned (23 October 1975), R-21229
	Hummerston	20.1
	Carberry Junction	23.4	Carberry
	Hallboro (Rapid City Junction)	26.9	Rapid City	Abandoned (31 December 1978), R-26840
	Osprey (Glendale)	29.0
	Neepawa	33.1		Abandoned (1996)	Pool, UGG
	Rossburn Junction	37.8
	Howden	38.3		Abandoned (29 April 1981), WDR-00233	Pool
	Eden	43.5			Pool A, Pool B, UGG
	Birnie	48.8			Pool
	Riding Mountain	54.8			UGG
	Kelwood	61.0			Pool, UGG
	Norwood (Norgate)	65.1			Federal
	McCreary Junction (Neepawa Junction)	?	Gladstone
Oakland	Portage la Prairie	0.0			UGG
	Alpha	3.0
	Townline	6.1
	Oakland	9.1	Delta	Abandoned (31 August 1984), WDR-00890	Pool
	Fulton	11.0
	Longburn	15.9			Pool
	Cawdor	21.0			UGG
	Totogan	26.4
	Lakeland	30.6			Federal
	Langruth	38.6			Federal, Pool
	Embury	47.0
	Marius	50.1
	Amaranth	53.4			Federal
	Harcus	63.5
	Alonsa	71.2			Federal
Oak Point	Winnipeg	0.0		Abandoned (6 November 2000)
	Tuxedo	1.8
	St. James	2.4
	Mile 4.2	4.2
	Moore	8.2
	Gordon	13.8			Pool
	Grosse Isle	20.2	Inwood		Federal
	Warren	26.6			Federal, Pool
	Woodlands	33.8		Abandoned (beginning 1996)
	Lake Francis	43.3
	St. Laurent	53.2
	Oak Point	60.7
	Clarkleigh	67.1
	Lundar	73.9
	Deerhorn	79.8
	Eriksdale	86.2
	Mulvihill	94.4
	Camper	102.4
	Ashern	111.0
	Moosehorn	119.3			Parrish & Heimbecker
	Grahamdale	126.9	Steep Rock
	Steep Rock Junction	129.7		Abandoned (26 June 1992), 1992-R-171
	Birch Bay	132.2
	Hilbre	135.7
	Fairford	143.4
	Mile 144.1	144.1
	Todds	149.1
	St. Martin	152.5
	Gypsumville	156.7
Pine Falls	Beaconia	0.0		Abandoned (circa 2009)
	Stead	5.3			Scottish Co-operative
	Pine Falls	19.5
Pleasant Point	Portage la Prairie	0.0	Rivers	Abandoned (25 October 1975), R-21230	UGG
	McArthur	4.1
	Skelding	7.1		Abandoned (1 August 1978), R-26536
	Edwin	11.1			Pool
	Lelant	14.3
	Rossendale	17.4			UGG
	Lavenham	22.6
	Ladysmith	27.7
	Pratt	31.6
	Gateside	35.6
	Worby	36.7
	Arizona	39.0
	Pleasant Point	44.2
	Prosser	48.7
	Brandon Junction	51.7	Carberry
	Onah	59.0
	Shilo	64.7
	Wytonville	66.5
	Leon	74.5
	Brandon	78.4	Wawanesa		Federal, Pool
Preeceville	Swan River	0.0	Cowan		Cargill, Federal, National, Pioneer, Pool (3)
	Kenville	6.5			Pioneer, Pool
	Durban	14.1			National, Pool
	Benito	18.8	Kelvington (Saskatchewan)		Federal (2), Pool (2), UGG
Rapid City	Hallboro	0.0	Neepawa	Abandoned (31 December 1978), R-26840
	Mentmore	5.9			Pool
	Cordova	12.7			UGG
	Rufford	20.7			UGG
	Moline	35.3			Pool (2)
	Cardale	42.7			Pool (3)
	Brumlie	46.1			Canadian Consolidated
	McConnell	52.1			Pool (2)
	Alfretta	55.3
	Lavinia	58.4			Pool (2)
	Decker	63.4			Pool A, Pool B
	Isabella	67.6			Pool (3)
	Beulah	74.6			Pool
Redditt	Winnitoba	41.1	Redditt (Ontario)
	Ophir	44.1
	Decimal	51.6
	Brereton Lake	56.6
	Mile 57.4	57.4
	Indigo	58.7
	Hoctor	64.0
	Alcock	68.8
	Elma	73.7			UGG
	Lewis	80.9
	Williams Spur	83.4
	Hazel	88.8
	Craig Siding	90.6
	Nourse	94.3
	Vivian	98.3
	Anola	106.4
	Glass	110.0			Scottish Co-operative
	Dugald	115.2			Pool
	Transcona	121.8
Ridgeville	Sprague	0.0		Abandoned (25 November 1977), R-25683
	Wampum	3.3
	Guilbault	5.6
	Piney	10.8
	Stephanson	15.0
	Menisino	18.3
	Sundown	24.7
	Caliento	32.1
	Vita	38.7
	Gardenton	46.1
	Tolstoi	51.8
	Overstoneville	55.2
	Aulds	60.0
	Ridgeville	61.1		Abandoned (28 February 1981), WDR-00048	Paterson (2)
	Fredenstahl	64.5			Pool
	Stockport	66.8
	Emerson	71.4
	Emerson Junction	72.6
Rivers	Portage la Prairie	0.0	Harte		UGG
	West Junction	0.9
	Arona	5.4
	Bloom	9.0
	Caye	16.7
	Deer	22.4
	Dock	28.0
	Exira	30.0
	Firdale	36.9			National
	Gregg	45.4			Pool
	Petrel Junction	49.3	Carberry		UGG
	Harte	52.5			Pool
	Ingelow	58.9			National
	Justice	67.5			Pool
	Brandon North	73.4
	Knox	75.1
	Smart Siding	78.7			Pool
	Levine	82.3
	Grant’s Cut	85.9
	Rivers	87.9	Rivers		National, UGG
	Myra	93.9
	Norman	?			UGG
	Oakner	104.1
	Pope	?			National
	Quadra	?			Pool
	Miniota	124.8
	Uno	131.6
	Wattsview	143.6
	St. Lazare	148.7	Rocanville (Saskatchewan)
Rossburn	Rossburn Junction	0.0	Neepawa	Abandoned (1996)
	Springhill	5.0			Pool
	Orrville	9.2			British America
	Bethany	15.2			Pool
	Clanwilliam	20.0			Inter-Ocean (2), Pool
	Crocus	24.7
	Erickson	31.5			Federal, Pool
	Rackham	39.8			Canadian Consolidated
	Sandy Lake	45.6			National, Pool (2)
	Elphinstone	52.9			Inter-Ocean, Pool
	Glenforsa	56.4
	Menzie	61.0			National
	Oakburn	65.6			Federal, Pool (2), UGG
	Vista	72.8			Pool, UGG, National
	Rossburn	78.7			National, Pool
	Birdtail	83.9			Pool, UGG
	Angusville	92.5			Federal (2), National (2)
	Silverton	98.9			UGG
	Russell	104.2	Tonkin		Pool
Ste. Rose	Ochre River	0.0		Abandoned (28 November 1992), 1992-R-379	National
	Ste. Rose du Lac	11.1			UGG
	Valpoy	16.2		Abandoned (31 March 1982), WDR-00688	UGG
	Methley	23.1
	Magnet	30.6
	Rorketon	37.1			UGG
Sherridon	Cranberry Portage	0.0
	Sherridon	40.4
	Pawistik	94.0
	Lynn Lake	184.8
Sprague	Middlebro	49.3	Baudette (Minnesota)
	Hickey	51.5
	Sprague	57.6
	South Junction	63.5
	Vassar	68.6
	Moodie	73.4
	Badger	77.5
	Carrick	83.2
	Woodridge	88.6
	Baynham	94.4
	Sandilands	96.0
	Bedford	99.8
	Marchand	105.9
	La Broquerie	113.2
	Giroux	118.3
	Ste. Anne	126.2			UGG
	Dufresne	131.0			Pool
	Lorette	138.3
	Navin	145.9
	Paddington	147.9
	St. Boniface	152.6
Steep Rock	Grahamdale	0.0	Oak Point
	Faulkner	5.9
	Steep Rock	12.1
Thicket	Wabowden	136.4	Wekusko
	Medard	141.9
	Lyddal	148.7
	Odhill	158.2
	Earchman	164.3
	La Perouse	171.1
	Hockin	177.6
	Thicket Portage	184.3
	Leven	191.9
	Thompson Junction	199.8	Thompson
	Sipiwesk	200.3
	Matago	212.1
	Pikwitonei	213.3
	Bridgar	218.5
	Wilde	230.6
	Arnot	236.4
	Nelson	241.5
	Stitt	243.6
	Boyd	249.7
	Pit Siding	256.2
	Garraway	259.7
	Munk	269.0
	Landing River	278.6
	Ilford	285.7
	Nonsuch	295.6
	Stannard	297.0
	Wivenhoe	303.7
	Willbeach	311.5
	Luke	318.8
	Gillam	326.1	Herchmer
Thompson	Thompson Junction	0.0	Thicket
	Thompson	30.7
Togo	Dauphin	0.0	Gladstone		Federal (2), National, Pool (3), UGG (2)
	Harrington	4.5
	Kilty	6.3
	Ashville	11.4			National, UGG
	Snyders Siding	17.3
	Gilbert Plains	20.0			Pool (4), UGG
	Dutton Siding	24.1			Pool, UGG
	Grandview	29.5			Pool, UGG
	Meharry	37.0			Pool
	Timberton	42.4
	Shortdale	45.3			UGG
	Bield	50.7			Pool
	Shevlin	54.7			National
	Roblin	62.6			National A, National B, Pool A, Pool B, Pool C
	Deepdale	69.2			UGG
	McLean	69.6
	Makaroff	74.5	Kamsack (Saskatchewan)		Pool
Tonkin	Russell	0.0	Rossburn	Abandoned (circa April 1976)	Pool
	Endcliffe	7.5			UGG
	Shellmouth	16.4			National
	Dropmore	24.3	Parkerview (Saskatchewan)		Pool A, Pool B
Victoria Beach	Winnipeg	0.0
	West Transcona	3.0
	Parkmount	6.0
	Bird’s Hill	7.8
	Manlius	10.2
	Gonor	17.1
	Brainerd	22.3
	East Selkirk	23.9
	Semple	29.7
	Libau	34.2			Pool, Scottish Co-operative
	Scanterbury	42.2
	Beaconia	47.9
	Balsam Bay	52.4
	Grand Marais	56.2
	Grand Beach	57.1
	Hargrave	61.0
	Belair	62.8
	Amanda	65.4
	Hillside Beach	66.8
	Albert	67.9
	Armstrongs	68.3
	Victoria Beach	70.2
Wakopa	Greenway	0.0	Carman	Abandoned (31 December 1978), R-27567	UGG
	Glenora	8.8			Pool
	Neelin	17.8			Pool, UGG
	Louise	22.9
	Holmfield	28.8			Harrison
	Enterprise	33.3			Paterson
	Lena	38.8			Pool, Paterson
	Wakopa	47.1			Paterson
	Adelpha	51.8
	Horton	57.8			Paterson
	Wassewa	62.9			Paterson
	Mountainside	67.9			Paterson
	Hazeldean	71.8
	Coatstone	74.1			UGG
	Liege	77.2
	Deloraine	79.8
Wawanesa	Belmont	0.0	Carman	Abandoned (9 November 1975), R-21233	Pool, UGG
	Hartney Junction	3.3	Hartney
	Hilton	4.5			UGG
	Ashdown	9.1
	Wawanesa	14.7			Pool
	Elliotts	17.8		Abandoned (31 December 1983), R-28439
	Methven Junction	19.6
	Reids	20.8
	Rounthwaite	24.2			Federal, Pool
	Martinville	32.3
	Brandon
Wekusko	The Pas	0.0			Federal
	Flin Flon Junction	4.2	Flin Flon
	Tremaudan	7.7
	Orok	13.2
	Atikameg Lake	16.9
	Finger	21.4
	Budd	29.7
	Halcrow	37.1
	Cormorant	41.4
	Dering	45.0
	Rawebb	54.3
	Dyce	61.9
	Paterson	70.0
	Wekusko	81.2
	Turnbull	93.2
	Tyrrell	101.6
	Ponton	107.1
	Button	114.2
	Dunlop	121.8
	Pipun	129.4
	Wabowden	136.4	Thicket
Winnipegosis	Dauphin	0.0		Abandoned (31 May 1997)	Federal (2), National, Pool (3), UGG (2)
	Valley River	8.5			National
	Sifton Junction	16.1
	Fishing River	22.7
	Fork River	28.1		Abandoned (14 April 1983), WDR-1983-00060	Federal, National, Pool
	Gruber	36.8
	Winnipegosis	38.5			National

See Also:

MHS Centennial Business: Canadian Pacific Railway Company

Manitoba Business: Greater Winnipeg Water District Railway

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Canadian National Railway Legacy Forest (Harte Trail, Winnipeg)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Railway Stations

Sources:

“Abandoning of line approved [Cabot Subdivision],” Brandon Sun, 22 April 1965, page 3.

Status of Prairie Railway Lines, December 1994, National Transportation Agency of Canada. [Manitoba Legislative Library]

Churchill, North of 50° ... Through the Years by Churchill Ladies Club, 2002, pages 64-66.

Canadian National’s Western Stations by Charles W. Bohi and Leslie S. Kozma, Markham (Ontario): Fitzhenry and Whiteside, 2002.

Notices of Rail Line Discontinuance, Canadian Transportation Agency.

We thank Mike Lisowski and Morgan Turney for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 2 September 2022