Canada
49 places to explore across spots, experiences, journeys, and mega-projects in Canada.
Regions
Spots (35)
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Field Village (CPR Telegraph Building)
Field, British Columbia, Canada
A public village street beside the CPR stone-and-brick telegraph building of 1931, 25 m from the CPKC Laggan Subdivision main line where tr…
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Blackie Spit Park
Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
Set on a sandy peninsula at Mud Bay, Blackie Spit Park offers ground-level views of BNSF freight trains and Amtrak Cascades on the historic…
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Pont Saint-Laurent
Montréal, Québec, Canada
A double-track CPKC railway bridge crossing the St. Lawrence River at LaSalle, built in 1913 by the Dominion Bridge Company, carrying both…
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Pont Victoria
Saint-Lambert, Québec, Canada
Historic 1859 railway bridge where CN freight, VIA Rail, and Exo commuter trains cross the St. Lawrence River between Montreal and Saint-La…
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White Rock (Waterfront BNSF)
White Rock, British Columbia, Canada
A 2.19-km paved promenade on Semiahmoo Bay puts you within metres of the BNSF Bellingham Subdivision single main — carrying approximately 2…
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Windsor (Ontario)
Windsor, Ontario, Canada
The Canadian portal of the CPKC Detroit River Tunnel — the world's first immersed-tube railway tunnel, opened in 1910 — offers railfans fro…
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Winnipeg (Jct. CN & CP)
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Where CN's transcontinental Rivers Subdivision meets CPKC's main line in east Winnipeg, two Class 1 transcontinental corridors converge at…
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Truro (CN/VIA)
Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada
A key CN junction in Nova Scotia where the Halifax–Montreal main line meets the CBNS branch to Cape Breton. VIA Rail's Ocean stops here thr…
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Sudbury (CP/CN)
Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Sudbury is a key railway junction in Northern Ontario where CP's transcontinental Cartier Subdivision meets CN's Bala Subdivision. Two VIA…
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Saskatoon (CN/CP)
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Saskatoon's CN and CPKC corridors carry heavy potash, grain, and intermodal freight on two transcontinental routes, with VIA Rail's The Can…
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Spiral Tunnels (Kicking Horse)
Field, British Columbia, Canada
Two 270-degree spiral tunnels where CPKC freight and passenger trains loop through Cathedral Mountain and Mount Ogden in Yoho National Park…
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Toronto (MacMillan Yard)
Vaughan, Ontario, Canada
Canada's second-largest classification yard, operated by CN in Vaughan, Ontario. MacMillan Yard handles over one million freight cars annua…
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Thunder Bay (Port)
Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
Thunder Bay Port is one of Canada's premier grain railfanning destinations, where Canadian Pacific and Canadian National funnel prairie har…
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Ottawa (Ontario)
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Ottawa's VIA Rail station at 200 Tremblay Road is a 1966 International Style heritage building serving 8-10 daily roundtrips to Toronto and…
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Parry Sound (CP Trestle)
Parry Sound, Ontario, Canada
Ontario's longest railway trestle, standing 32 m above the Seguin River at Georgian Bay. Built in 1907 by CPR, the 517 m bridge carries bot…
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Revelstoke (CP Main)
Revelstoke, British Columbia, Canada
CPKC division point in the Columbia River valley where 40+ daily freight movements navigate between the Selkirk and Monashee mountains. Hom…
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Portage la Prairie
Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, Canada
A rare diamond crossing where CN's Rivers Subdivision and CP's Carberry Subdivision intersect at grade in the Manitoba prairie, delivering…
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Paris Junction
Paris, Ontario, Canada
Paris Junction sits on CN's busy Dundas Subdivision double-track mainline in the town of Paris, Ontario—voted "Canada's Prettiest Little To…
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Prince George CN Yard
Prince George, British Columbia, Canada
Major CN rail hub at the confluence of the Fraser and Nechako Rivers, where the east-west CN mainline meets the former BC Rail corridor sou…
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Merrickville (CPKC Main)
Merrickville, Ontario, Canada
CPKC's Winchester Subdivision main line crosses County Road 15 in this heritage Rideau Canal village, offering open views of Toronto–Montre…
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London (CN/CP Junction)
London, Ontario, Canada
A grade-level diamond where CN's Dundas Subdivision crosses CPKC's Windsor Subdivision in east London, Ontario, with close-up views of frei…
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Niagara Falls (Whirlpool Br.)
Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada
Watch the Amtrak/VIA Rail Maple Leaf cross the 1897 Whirlpool Rapids Bridge, a double-deck steel arch spanning the Niagara Gorge 70 meters…
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Mont-Saint-Hilaire (CN Bridge)
Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada
A riverside vantage point overlooking the CN Richelieu River rail bridge on the Saint-Hyacinthe Subdivision, where approximately 38 trains…
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Morant’s Curve
Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada
Morant's Curve sits at milepost 113 on the CPKC Laggan Subdivision, where the transcontinental mainline sweeps alongside the turquoise Bow…
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Experiences (14)
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New Brunswick Railway Museum
Hillsborough, New Brunswick, Canada
The New Brunswick Railway Museum occupies the former Hillsborough station and rail yard at 2847 Main Street, on the east side of Route 114…
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Prairie Dog Central Railway
Rosser, Manitoba, Canada
Prairie Dog Central Railway runs from Inkster Junction Station at 64099 Prairie Dog Trail, in the Rural Municipality of Rosser immediately…
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Elgin County Railway Museum
St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada
St. Thomas sits on the Lake Erie plain of southwestern Ontario, roughly 29 km (18 miles) south of London, and has called itself the Railway…
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Saskatchewan Railway Museum
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
The Saskatchewan Railway Museum occupies seven acres of former Canadian National station grounds on the Pike Lake Highway (Highway 60), rou…
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Railway Museum of Eastern Ontario
Smiths Falls, Ontario, Canada
The Railway Museum of Eastern Ontario occupies the former Canadian Northern Ontario Railway station at 90 William Street West, a brick buil…
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Heritage Park Historical Village
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Heritage Park occupies 127 acres (51 hectares) on the south shore of the Glenmore Reservoir in southwest Calgary, roughly 15 minutes by car…
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Alberta Railway Museum
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
The Alberta Railway Museum occupies a working prairie rail yard at 24215 - 34 St NW, on Edmonton's rural northeastern edge, on a surviving…
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Railway Museum of British Columbia
Squamish, British Columbia, Canada
The Railway Museum of British Columbia occupies a 12-acre (49,000 m2) site on Government Road in Brackendale, at the north end of Squamish,…
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Canada Science and Technology Museum
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
The Canada Science and Technology Museum sits on a 4.0-hectare (10-acre) site at 1867 St. Laurent Boulevard in Ottawa's east end, roughly 6…
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Toronto Railway Museum
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
The Toronto Railway Museum occupies three stalls of the John Street Roundhouse at Roundhouse Park, a 6.9-hectare (17-acre) site in Toronto'…
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Revelstoke Railway Museum
Revelstoke, British Columbia, Canada
The Revelstoke Railway Museum sits at 719 Track Street West, alongside the Canadian Pacific (now CPKC) main line in Revelstoke, British Col…
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Canadian Museum of Rail Travel
Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
The Canadian Museum of Rail Travel — now operating as part of the Cranbrook History Centre and carrying the brand name "Trains Deluxe" — oc…
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Exporail – The Canadian Railway Museum
Saint-Constant, Quebec, Canada
<p>Exporail, also known as the Canadian Railway Museum, is Canada’s national rail heritage center located in Saint-Constant, Quebec, on Mon…
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SkyTrain Expo Line (Vancouver)
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
<p> </p> <p>The Expo Line is the oldest segment of Metro Vancouver’s SkyTrain system, connecting downtown Vancouver with the suburbs of Bu…