Carlyle station
Railway station in Saskatchewan, Canada
| Preceding station | Canadian National Railway | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| River Bend toward Radville | Radville – Maryfield | Scotford toward Maryfield | ||
The Carlyle station is a former railway station in Carlyle, Saskatchewan. It was built by the Canadian National Railway in 1909 and later served Via Rail. It now houses the Rusty Relics Museum.[1]
Rusty Relics Museum
The Rusty Relics Museum was founded as a non-profit organisation in 1973 thanks to a Youth for Employment Grant from the government. Seven women went around Carlyle gathering artefacts and interviewing older residents to start the founding of the museum. Gladys Nicholl was elected its first president that same year. In 1976, the museum bought the old train station and had it moved to its present location. The museum officially opened on 8 July 1980.[2]
The museum houses a working telegraph station, 10,000 catalogued artefacts, a Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) caboose and jigger car on a railway track. As a separate building there is a country schoolhouse. There was Anglican Church that was built in 1905 as part of the museum, but it was demolished in 2019.[3]
Gallery
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Carlyle Station (July 1980) -
Museum entrance c. 2000s -
Museum c. 2000s -
Museum and schoolhouse c. 2000s -
Schoolhouse c. 2000s -
The old country schoolhouse. In this photo, the flag is half-mast because of the unmarked graves found at Indian residential schools -
Anglican Church c. 2000s, built 1905, demolished 2019
References
- ^ "Rusty Relics Museum". Museums Association of Saskatchewan. Retrieved 21 May 2012.
- ^ "The History of Carlyle". Canadian History Ehx. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
- ^ "Rusty Relics Museum Inc". Rusty Relics Museum. virtual museum Canada. Archived from the original on 20 October 2013. Retrieved 21 May 2012.
