Whistle Stop Station.
The McBride Visitor Centre is housed in the heritage station building of the village of McBride which is located 166 km west of Jasper and 210 km southeast of Prince George in the Robson Valley region of British Columbia. The train station was built by the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway in the year 1913. It was rebuilt and reopened in 1919 after being burnt down by a fire in 1918.
What we thought would be a whistle stop on our VIA Rail journey from Jasper to Prince George turned out to be a much longer halt at the McBride Rail Station. We were probably waiting for a freight train to pass. So we were allowed to get down and stretch our legs at McBride. We found the station building to be quite interesting because the McBride Visitor Centre is also located here. We found quite a good collection of free pamphlets and maps of the interesting places of British Columbia and particularly of the Rocky Mountains.
There is also a gallery of paintings and art works done by the local artists on display and yes, the name of the gallery is ‘Whistle Stop Gallery’. There is also a café and coffee shop called ‘The Beanery’.
We wish we could have browsed a bit more but the locomotive’s engineer sounded the train’s hooter, the conductor blew her whistle, and we had to board our train to head to Prince George.
Show lessWhat we thought would be a whistle stop on our VIA Rail journey from Jasper to Prince George turned out to be a much longer halt at the McBride Rail Station. We were probably waiting for a freight train to pass. So we were allowed to get down and stretch our legs at McBride. We found the station building to be quite interesting because the McBride Visitor Centre is also located here. We found quite a good collection of free pamphlets and maps of the interesting places of British Columbia and particularly of the Rocky Mountains.
There is also a gallery of paintings and art works done by the local artists on display and yes, the name of the gallery is ‘Whistle Stop Gallery’. There is also a café and coffee shop called ‘The Beanery’.
We wish we could have browsed a bit more but the locomotive’s engineer sounded the train’s hooter, the conductor blew her whistle, and we had to board our train to head to Prince George.
Date of experience: July 2019
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