Comments on: Yes, it WAS a station. It is listed in a book of Ontario stations as a “flag stop” but it certainly doesn’t look like it had seen much action by the time I got around to photographing it. And it hadn’t. It has been a long time since passenger trains ran on the line and even in 1977 a freight move was something of a wonder for the locals. The previous station was removed and transferred to the nearby Lake Island Conservation area, and this replacement was deemed adequate. The line eventually became part of the Canadian Pacific. The old CVR (Credit Valley Railway) Elora Sub was torn up in 1987 and it is now the Elora-Cataract trailway. No idea where this ‘fancy’ structure ended up. Probably now residing in some local farm as a mini storage building. Hope so.

By: terry.oshell

terry.oshell — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 20:15:19 +0000

Maybe severing as a “shim shack”.

By: awmooney

awmooney — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 17:29:44 +0000

Elizabeth Wilmot listed Hillsburg shanty as a ‘flag stop’. Hughes does not mention it.

By: Stephen C. Host

Stephen C. Host — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 17:17:30 +0000

Oh I just posted a link.. Rob Hughes is doing amazing work there.

By: awmooney

awmooney — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 15:58:26 +0000

Excellent, Mr. Host. We thank you. )

By: Stephen C. Host

Stephen C. Host — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 14:10:02 +0000

This is the next closest thing, for Ontario

https://ontariorailwaystations.wordpress.com/

By: awmooney

awmooney — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 11:18:17 +0000

You and me both, Ian. What books out there are not complete and it seems you have to acquire a number of them and then make your own lists. Not easy.
Worse, so many of these structures have come down, or, like you say, moved; but no one really has compiled a list of when most have been moved, destroyed by the railroad involved or become victims of arson, as have at least 5 in Niagara.

By: Ian Malenfant-Picard

Ian Malenfant-Picard — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 05:49:51 +0000

I wish there was a registry compiling the fate of all of the stations and flag stops structures across Canada. So many of these are still standing, moved away from the track and converted to various uses yet most people have no idea these structures used to be stations.

By: Jakob Mueller

Jakob Mueller — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 00:46:27 +0000

For whatever use it still had at this point, the doorway has been cleared of snow.