1900 – Former Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Boissevain, Manitoba

Similar in design to one at Virden, Manitoba, but constructed of framed timber rather than fieldstone. The design was drawn up by Ralph B. Pratt in 1899, before he left Canadian Pacific to work for Canadian Northern. The design had a flamboyant and complicated roofline. At the time of construction, the railway was incredibly important to the early prairie settlements as they consolidated into substantial towns and cities in southern Manitoba

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