Dalhousie Station (other)
Dalhousie Station may represent: * Dalhousie Station, Quebec, a town in Quebec * Dalhousie station (Calgary), a CTrain light rail station in Calgary, Alberta, Canada * Dalhousie Station (Montreal), a former railway station in Montreal, Quebec, Canada * Dalhousie Station (South Australia), a pastoral lease in South Australia See also *Dalhousie (other) Dalhousie ( ) may refer to: Buildings *Dalhousie Castle, a castle near Bonnyrigg, Scotland * Dalhousie Obelisk, a monument in Empress Place, Singapore * Dalhousie Station (Montreal), a former passenger rail station in Montreal, Quebec *Dalhousie s ...

Dalhousie Station, Quebec
Dalhousie is a small town in south-western Quebec near the border of Ontario, in the municipality of Saint-Télesphore, which is located within Vaudreuil-Soulanges Regional County Municipality, Quebec (Canada). It is named for George Ramsay, 9th Earl of Dalhousie, who served as Governor General of Canada from 1825 to 1828. Geographical location It lies 70 km to the west of Montreal, in a predominantly rural environment. There is also an extension of the settlement — known as Dalhousie Mills — which lies outside Quebec in South Glengarry Township, within Ontario's United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry. This also illustrates the historically close links which formerly existed between the border regions of Upper and Lower Canada. Historical link with the Canadian Pacific Railway It is sometimes referred to as Dalhousie Station because of its location as a settlement at a former station of the Canadian Pacific Railway / ''Chemin de fer Canadien Pacifique'', wh ...
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Dalhousie Station (Calgary)
Dalhousie station is a CTrain light rail station in Dalhousie, Calgary, Alberta Calgary ( ) is the largest city in the western provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Alberta and the largest metro area of the three Canadian Prairies, Prairie Provinces. As of 2021, the city proper had a population of 1,30 ..., Canada. Also located adjacent to Varsity Estates. It opened on December 15, 2003, as part of a 2.8 km (1.73 miles) extension of the Northwest line, and was the terminal station of the NW line until June 14, 2009. The station is located in the median of Crowchild Trail, just east of 53 Street Northwest and is 9 km northwest of the 7 Avenue & 9 Street SW interlocking. The station opened on December 15, 2003, and was the first CTrain station to open with a four-car platform. Since then, all new extension stations have opened with four-car platforms. The station has 760 parking spaces built near the Dalhousie Shopping Centre. In 2003, the par ...
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Dalhousie Station (Montreal)
Dalhousie Station (french: Gare Dalhousie) is a former railway station in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Built in 1884, the building stands at the corner of Notre-Dame Street and Berri Street in what is now Old Montreal. The oldest surviving railway station building in Montreal, Dalhousie Station was named after George Ramsay, 9th Earl of Dalhousie, who was Governor General of Canada from 1825 to 1828. Although the terminal location was originally purchased by the Quebec, Montreal, Ottawa and Occidental Railway, all construction was done by the Canadian Pacific Railway after it purchased the QMO&O in 1882. Dalhousie Station thus became the original eastern terminus for CP Rail.Tom Grumley"Montreal's Major Rail Terminals" The station building has been the home of the Cirque Éloize since 2004. Operation The first non-stop transcontinental train left Dalhousie Station bound for Port Moody, British Columbia, on June 28, 1886, at 8:00 p.m. Only five years after opening Dalhousie ...
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Dalhousie Station (South Australia)
Dalhousie Station, most commonly known as Dalhousie Springs Station, was a pastoral lease that once operated as a cattle station in South Australia. Dalhousie and other surrounding leases were acquired by the Australian Government in 1985 to make up Witjira National Park. The property was situated approximately north of Oodnadatta and south east of Aputula. The ephemeral Finke River passes for a distance of through the property with several semi-permanent water holes, before petering out well short of Lake Eyre further to the south east. The lease was initially won by Edward Meade Bagot in 1873. Bagot was a surveyor who had won the contract to construct the section of the Overland Telegraph from Port Augusta to the Peak. Bagot and Smith put the property on the market in 1889. At this time the station was stocked with 5,000 head of cattle and 130 horses. The property was acquired by the Lewis family and in 1904 was being managed by A. Ross. R. Sandford was running the ...
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