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Midway Station: the train still ran to the sawmill but the KVR had been abandoned
1983
Midway, BC

Credits:
Kettle River Museum
L.E. Evans photo

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The station at 'Mile 0' of the Kettle Valley Railway was built around 1910. It replaced the 1900 Columbia & Western station, which is reputed to have burned down. The new station was built in the Canadian Pacific architectural style of the day: hip-roofed with wood-shingle siding.

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Relocating the station at 'Mile 0'; excavation has begun
1985
Midway, BC

Credits:
Kettle River Museum

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When CP Rail's operation at Midway ended, the community purchased the abandoned station building for a nominal fee. It was lifted and trucked off the CP Rail right-of-way and onto a new foundation fifty meters to the south.

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Every precaution was taken to preserve the old maple tree during the excavation
1985
Midway, BC

Credits:
Kettle River Museum

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The station is trucked away from its original location next to the tracks...
1985
Midway, BC

Credits:
Kettle River Museum

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...and backed onto its new site fifty meters south
1985
Midway, BC

Credits:
Kettle River Museum

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The station has been set on its new foundation and is being restored to its former glory
1985
Midway, BC

Credits:
Kettle River Museum
Fran Elliott photo

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The station was carefully restored and given a new shingle roof. A new station platform was built and a short section of track laid. The station re-opened as a regional information centre.

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Midway Station re-opens as a visitor information centre with a short section of new track
July 1987
Midway, BC

Credits:
Kettle River Museum

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The Kettle River Museum left its old home in the centre of Midway and became a beautiful new museum building on the Midway Station grounds. It opened in 1992. The Museum displays artifacts related to every aspect of life in the Boundary, at home and at work: from recreation and ranching to railroading and forestry. Most of the artifacts have been donated by Boundary residents over the years .

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Midway Station at 'Mile O': a new home for the Kettle River Museum and a KVR caboose
June 2007
Midway, BC

Credits:
Kettle River Museum

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The ninety year-old maple tree shades a grassy picnic area of the Kettle River Museum grounds
June 2007
Midway, BC

Credits:
Kettle River Museum

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The Kettle River Museum: a history of the Boundary at work and at play
19th & 20th Century
Midway, BC

Credits:
Kettle River Museum