Chesnaye is an
unincorporated area and railway point in
Census division
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23 in
Northern
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Manitoba,
Canada.
The
Deer River flows by to the west of the railway point.
History
Chesnaye was founded with the building of the
Hudson Bay Railway in the third decade of the 20th century. When the originally intended final section line route to
Port Nelson was abandoned, the construction of the new route of the final section from
Amery north to
Churchill
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (30 November 187424 January 1965) was a British statesman, soldier, and writer who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom twice, from 1940 to 1945 during the Second World War, and again from 1 ...
, which opened in 1929, led to its founding. Chesnaye lies on the line between the settlements of
Cromarty to the south and
Lamprey to the north, about south of Churchill.
Transportation
Chesnaye is the site of
Chesnaye railway station, served by the
Via Rail Winnipeg–Churchill train
The Winnipeg–Churchill train (formerly known as the ''Hudson Bay'' and, before that, ''Northern Spirits'') is a semiweekly passenger train operated by Via Rail between Winnipeg and Churchill, Manitoba. It is the only dry-land connection betwe ...
.
References
Unincorporated communities in Northern Region, Manitoba
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