(rshsdepot) Canadian Pacific Don Station in Toronto

[Derek Boles <derekboles_@_rogers.com>]

On Saturday, July 1 (Canada Day), the Toronto Railway Historical 
Association will be hosting an open house in the Don Station at the 
Todmorden Mills Heritage Museum and Arts Centre from 12 NOON to 5 PM. 
The station is not often open to the public.

The Canadian Pacific Railway opened Don in 1896. The station was 
located on the west bank of the Don River south of Queen Street. In 
1906 the Canadian Northern Railway began using Don, as did their 
successor Canadian National after World War I. After World War II, 
Don declined in importance as a passenger station although it 
continued to issue train orders for both CP and CN trains until the 
station was closed in 1967. In 1969 the Don Station was moved to the 
Todmorden Museum.

There will be a display of sixty photographs depicting the history of 
railways in the Don Valley.

Information on Todmorden and directions on how to get there can be found at:

http://www.toronto.ca/todmorden/about.htm

Derek Boles
Historian
Toronto Railway Historical Association
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The Railroad Station Historical Society maintains a database of existing
railroad structures at: http://www.rrshs.org

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