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The railway came to The Pas in 1908 because of lumber. Herman Finger, owner of the Finger Lumber Company, promised to ship seventeen train cars a week from his new lumber mill if the CNR built a railway line to The Pas. So the trains came - and carried more than just lumber. They also brought settlers and people coming north to look for work.

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A crowd gathered at The Pas Railroad Station to see the train leave.
28 August 1914
The Pas, Manitoba

Credits:
Roy Newby Easton?
PP2001.6.9

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Long line of men standing in front of the C.N. Station, waiting for the train.
20th Century
The Pas, Manitoba

Credits:
Roy Easton
PP2001.6.22

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The old C.N.R. station, south of 7th Street.
before 1929
The Pas, Manitoba

Credits:
The Pas Historical Society Collection
PP93.18.389

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The Pas train station platform construction.
c. 1928
The Pas, Manitoba
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Credits:
E.S. Barker & E.M. (Coan) Barker Collection
PP2011.5.29

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C.N.R. station in The Pas, officially opened January 23, 1929.
23 January 1929
The Pas, Manitoba

Credits:
PP93.18.388

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C.N. train station.
August 1982
The Pas, Manitoba

Credits:
The Pas Historical Society Collection
PP93.18.391

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Construction of the railway bridge over the Saskatchewan River.
c. 1912-13
The Pas, Manitoba

Credits:
PP93.18.457

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Dorothy Monro (Adams) and Kay Brumacin (Webb) posing by the Hudson Bay Railway bridge.
May 1943
The Pas, Manitoba
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Credits:
PP94.18.22

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Interior view of the Saskatchewan Railway Bridge.
5 May 1927
The Pas, Manitoba

Credits:
PP97.2.8

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Railway bridge on the Saskatchewan River in its open state, allowing steamships to pass through.
c. 1935
The Pas, Manitoba

Credits:
Goodall Photo Co.
PP2001.4.3

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Eastern roadside view of the Saskatchewan railway bridge and river.
c. 1927
The Pas, Manitoba
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Credits:
PP97.2.3

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The Hudson Bay Railway was the hope of Western Canadian farmers. To be able to ship through Hudson Bay would relieve them of paying the expensive shipping costs to send grain east. It would also be a boon to those living in Northern Manitoba. A railway to Hudson Bay had been talked about since the late 1800s, but it would not be until 1929 that it was completed.

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The first Hudson Bay Railway station building in The Pas
20th Century
The Pas, Manitoba
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Credits:
Roy Easton
PP2001.6.20