Provincial Registry of Heritage Property · Nova Scotia
Sydney & Louisbourg Railway Station
Louisbourg, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia
The record
- Designation
- Provincially registered heritage property
- Type
- museum
- Year built
- 1895
- Decade built
- 1890-1899
- Notice of registration date
- 17 May 1989
- Civic address
- 7330 Main Street
- Community
- Louisbourg
- County
- Cape Breton
- Province
- Nova Scotia
- Country
- Canada
- Coordinates
- 45.92538, -59.96252
- File number
- Prov_file_95
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
The 1764 map covering this location: "L'Isle Royale, Située a l'Entrée du Golphe de Saint Laurent" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1764 · L'Isle Royale, Située a l'Entrée du Golphe de Saint Laurent (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
The Province of Nova Scotia's Registered Heritage Properties dataset ↗
The Province's registration record
Reason for registration
the station and freight shed are the last remaining artifacts of the Sydney & Louisbourg Railway, the construction of which in 1895 made possible the expanded and year-round shipment of coal from mines of the newly created Dominion Coal Company.
Character-defining elements
Character-defining elements of the Sydney and Louisburg Railway Station relating to its role in Cape Breton's economy and Gothic Revival style include:
- one-and-a-half storey wood construction;
- gables, cross gables and a skirt roof;
- porch with wooden rail;
- wood clapboard siding;
- wooden windows;
- wooden freight shed;
- close proximity to Louisbourg Harbour.
Nearby in the register
- Louisbourg Navy League Buildingpublicunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.