Description of Historic Place

The Canadian
National Railway (CN) Station in Moosehorn is a mid-sized, generally rectangular, single-story stucco-clad
building with a gable roof. The municipal designation applies to the building and its footprint.

Heritage Value

The CN Station is valued as the last remaining physical evidence of the importance
of the railway in Moosehorn's history, even the tracks having been removed. The railway played a
major role in the early development of the area, starting when early settlers walked in on the incomplete
rail bed from the last stop in Oak Point to select homesteads in Moosehorn, and only fading when road
traffic began replacing the railways in the 1960s. Its picturesque qualities also make it a local landmark.
The building is a Canadian Northern 4th class station, and was constructed in 1918 of rough lumber sawn
a nearby lumber camp and hauled to the site on horse-drawn sleighs. Moved to the museum property in 1982
after a petition and fundraising drive to save it, the building retains much of its original exterior
appearance, with the interior room layout surviving as it did when the station was in regular use. It
is now in use as a museum.

Source: R.M. of Grahamdale By-law No. 961-2010, 22 July 2010

Character-Defining Elements

Key elements that define the exterior heritage character of the Moosehorn CN Station
include:
- the plan, consisting of a rectangle with several subsidiary extensions to the side and rear,
and the bay window on the track side
- the single storey with low-pitched gable roof and deep eaves
-
the organization of the main facade and its openings, including the wide freight door at one end and
the wood nine-over-one sash windows with simple wood moulding and casings
-the brick chimney, with corbelled
pattern near the top
- the stucco siding

Key elements that define the CN Station's interior include:
-
the organization of the rooms following the original interior plan