1916 – Canadian Northern Station, Hope, British Columbia, Canada

In June 1912, the eastward advance of the Canadian Northern Railway (CNo) rail head reached Hope. The station was opened in 1916 by the Canadian Northern Railway, which was building a second transcontinental line across Western Canada to compete with the Canadian Pacific. Built in 1916 between what became 5th Ave and 6th Ave, the station was one of three nearly identical designs by CNoR architect John Schofield.

Although Schofield primarily worked in Manitoba and “Central Canada”, he did design three stations in the ‘frontier west’, located in Estevan, SK, Hope and Chilliwack in BC. Each of the three stations Schofield designed in Western Canada was essentially identical in appearance to the others. This type of design was often reserved for small rural towns in early Canada, and was identified by its living quarters for the agent, located on the second floor.

The Canadian Northern ran into financial problems during the First World War, and the federal government took over the line forming Canadian National.

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