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#The fight to build and keep a rural railway line **1900-1966** ##CPR Monopoly No single event changed the fate of Western Canada more than the coming of the railroad. In 1881 the Canadian Pacific Railway Company (CPR) received a charter to link the east and west coasts of Canada with tracks of iron. In addition to receiving a monopoly on the main transcontinental line, the CPR was also given the right and responsibility to build branch lines 80 kms to either side of the main line. No other Canadian company was permitted to build a branch line inside CPR territory, therefore the company was able to advance at their own convenience due to the lack of competition. ##Anticipation and Frustration Settlers in the area of Waskada and Goodlands in southwestern Manitoba waited in great anticipation for a branch line to be built through their communities. Year after year the CPR announced that there were plans in the works to build a line that would run southwest of [Deloraine](item=deloraine) to [Goodlands](item=goodlands), [Waskada](item=waskada), [Coulter](item=coulter) and [Lyleton](item=lyleton), yet year after year the rail line failed to become a reality. Locals were frustrated because they keenly understood that rural access to a mode of transportation was vital to an agricultural economy. The train brought supplies, without which the practice of farming was much more difficult. In addition to transporting farm machinery, lumber, and coal, the train also delivered passengers and mail. [[inline:right:lyleton-branch]] Repeated delays moved J. S. Thompson of Waskada to take the issue …
(1967 - Present) The Waskada Museum presents an impresseive array of pioneer artifacts that sprawl over 1,100 square metres and five buildings.
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(1887-1959) Addington School had three different school buildings all on the same site.
(Pre 1600 - 1885) The Boundary Commission Trail was the first “highway” to the west, carrying First Nations to and fro, Métis on buffalo hunts and finally Europeans looking for rich farmland.
(July 1894-1967)
The 28 miles of the Canadian National Railway from Adelpha to Deloraine was completed in 1914.
208 Finlay Ave E, Deloraine.
PHONE: 204-747-2096
Private guesthouse with century decor. Includes homecooked meals. In Deloraine.
PHONE: 204-747-3133
Lyleton received service by rail in 1902, two years after the railway reached Waskada.
The CPR reached Deloraine in 1886.
(1892) Work on a rail line past Deloraine was finally started, and headed to Napinka which displeased farmers in Melita.
(1900 – 1996) Cranmer was a stop on the Lyleton Branch of the Canadian Pacific Railway.
(1886-Present) The town of Old Deloraine relocated to this location to be on along the railroad.
Phone: 204-747-2316
Cardlock and full service gas bar, Deloraine.
PHONE: 204-747-2226
Located ¼ mile E of Hwy 21, in Deloraine.
PHONE: 204-747-2677 or 204-747-2416
VISIT: http://www.campscout.com/campground/MB0119/
208 Finlay Ave E, Deloraine. 11 rooms available, cable TV, Internet access for laptops in each room.
PHONE: 204-747-2076
(1884-Present) School was in operation at Old Deloraine for two years before it moved to present Deloraine.
(1899 – Present) This village grew up around the train station on the CPR line that led southwest from Deloraine.
Downtown Deloraine. PHONE: 204-747-6373
(1884-1975)
(1896 –Present) The Prairie Skills building has come through many incarnations since it was built to serve as a Catholic church.
(1801 – 1870s) A replica of a Red River Cart sits in the Deloraine Park. The Red River Cart was specifically designed to suit the fur trade. Its squeaky wheels carved deep trails into the prairie landscape of the 1800s.
Newly opened and refurnished in 2011.
PHONE: 747-DINE or 747-3463
Downtown Deloraine. PHONE: 204-747-2447
(1899 – Present) The first buildings in Waskada were a post office and grain elevator.
A full line of grocery items, health and beauty products, cards and giftware and daily newspapers.
HOURS: Mon-Sat 9:00am-6:00pm
PHONE: 204-673-2295
Rooms available for reasonable rates.
PHONE: 204-673-2690
A collection of pioneer-era displays that fill six heritage buildings.
OPEN: Jul-Aug and by appointment.
ADMISSION: Adult-$4 Students-$2 Preschool-Free
PHONE: 204-673-2503, 204-673-2557
VISIT: http://www.waskada.ca/pages/Museum.htm
Camping facilities are available in the Waskada Park.
PHONE: 204-673-2401
VISIT:
http://www.campscout.com/campground/MB0156/
(1910-Present) Previously the Moira School.