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The station circa 1915.
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| Location | 200 Sentinel Road, Lake Louise, Alberta Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 51°25′27″N 116°11′2″W / 51.42417°N 116.18389°W / 51.42417; -116.18389 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1910 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Previous names | Laggan station Canadian Pacific Railway | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Lake Louise station is a railway station in Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada. Historically served by the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) and Via Rail, it is now a stop for the Rocky Mountaineer and houses a restaurant.[1] The station is on the Canadian Pacific Kansas City main line near Lower Lake Louise, downhill from the Chateau Lake Louise.[2]
The station was originally built for the CPR. The station was declared a heritage railway station by the federal government in 1991.[3] Starting in 1909, it was the first of six mountain stations built by the Canadian Pacific in a rustic log building design, consistent with how the railway marketed the region as a wilderness tourist destination.[4]
The older depot that the 1910 building replaced continued to be used by the CPR for other purposes. The CPR donated it in 1976 to Heritage Park Historical Village in Calgary. The depot was moved to the park and restored to the era when the Lake Louise village was called Laggan.[5]
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Stations of the Rocky Mountaineer
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| First Passage to the West |
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| Journey through the Clouds |
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| Rainforest to Gold Rush |
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| Rockies to the Red Rocks |
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