St. Croix

History

During the 1800s, St. Croix developed as an isolated lumbering settlement; however, in the 1860s the community was selected as the crossing point for the European & North American Railway (Western Extension), which was constructing a line from Saint John to Vanceboro. At Vanceboro, a sister company's line had opened through to Bangor in 1869. An iron railway bridge on stone piers was constructed over the St. Croix, measuring approximately 30 metres (100 feet) in length. The 1871 opening ceremony of the railway line between the two countries was attended by Governor General of Canada, Lord Lisgar, and the President of the United States, Ulysses S. Grant. During the 1870s, financial difficulties saw the line from Saint John to St. Croix sold to the New Brunswick Railway (NBR). At the same time, the Maine Central Railroad (MEC) leased the E&NA from Vanceboro to Bangor; it would purchase the line in the 1950s. In 1889, the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) purchased the NBR and constructed the International Railway of Maine to connect Montreal to the ice-free winter port of Saint John, leasing trackage rights over the section owned by the Maine Central between Vanceboro and Mattawamkeag. In 1974, CP Rail purchased this section, completing its ownership of a transcontinental railway from the Atlantic to the Pacific. St. Croix had a customs facility operated by the Government of Canada to inspect trains entering New Brunswick, as well as a small passenger station; however, the opening of the major station in McAdam soon led to the majority of residents using that facility, leaving St. Croix as a "run-through" point. CPR passenger services operated daily through the community from 1889 until they passed to Via Rail Canada in 1978; its primary train, The Atlantic Limited, was…

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