Description
The CPR Lyleton Branch line reaching west from Deloraine terminated at Lyleton.
Stories
- Lyleton Branch
- 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, …
- Lyleton Shelterbelts
- Shelterbelts in the area around Lyleton ensured the viability of agriculture during years of drought 1936-1959 The Need for a Wind Break Stately rows of trees line the gravel roads near Lyleton, Manitoba. From the sky one could imagine the fields of the region resembling a striped tablecloth that has been draped over the landscape, changing colours with the seasons. Regardless of the poetry one could write while considering such a metaphor, the planting of the shelterbelts in and around Lyleton served a much more practical purpose. [[inline:right:lyleton-shelterbelts]] Settlers first arrived in the area of Lyleton in the 1880s. They …
