Lac Carré-St-Faustin train station Canadian Pacific railways

DESCRIPTION OF HISTORIC PLACE

The train station of Saint-Faustin-Station, a historic monument, is a hosting infrastructure built in 1893 and enlarged in 1911. The wooden building consists of three volumes arranged in a row. The main building, of rectangular plan and a half storey topped with a gable roof rights, occupies the center of the whole. The Annex rectangular, a floor is provided with a gable roof rights. The shelter consists of a gable roof supported by rights of single posts. The facade of the main building has a projecting bay window and a gable roof on each side. The station is located in the old village center of Saint-Faustin-Station, near Lake Square in the Municipality of Saint-Faustin-Lac-Carré.

HERITAGE VALUE

The heritage value of the railway station of Saint-Faustin-station based on its architectural interest. It is representative of a model built in the late nineteenth century. Small stations are designed to serve small towns in the north shore of the St. Lawrence River. This mixed model called wooden station usually brings together under one roof the waiting room and luggage room; this is one of the oldest. Some examples remain, especially along the former railway company Quebec, Montreal, Ottawa and Occidental (QMO and O). This company seems to have circulated the model. It usually includes a front-gable window and a bay window indicating the presence of the station master’s office. The bay window that appears especially with this type of station also features North American railway architecture at the turn of the century. The train station of Saint-Faustin-Station is representative of this model with its rectangular main building rather narrow and elongated with a floor and a half, its gable roof steep rights dormers, gables and siding board . Among the train stations of this kind built along the section from Saint-Jérôme to Mont-Laurier, only remain those of Saint-Faustin and Prevost.
The heritage value of the railway station of Saint-Faustin-station based on its historical interest. The station reflects the role of the railway in the local and regional development and the beginnings of Saint-Faustin-Lac-Carré. The priest Antoine Labelle (1833-1891) supports the settlement and development projects in the north. It works to promote, in particular, the establishment of the railway between Montreal and Mont-Laurier. The construction of this line is the initiative of the Montreal Northern Colonization Railway Company founded in 1869. Quebec, Montreal, Ottawa and Occidental (QMO and O) takes over and handles the road construction that reached St. -Jérôme in 1876. Developed by following the Montreal and Western (M and W), and finally operated by the Canadian Pacific railway reached St. Faustin in 1892. the arrival of the train and the beginning of real growth of the locality remained until the establishment of isolated and sparsely populated settlements. The railway ensures this way a dependable link with neighboring communities and especially with Montreal. It allows the timber industry to take a jumpstart in the entire region including several sawmills appear. The station built in 1893 and enlarged in 1911, serves a growing population and also promotes tourism. The lakes and rivers are conducive to the practice of sport fishing. They attract vacationers in the Lake Square area. Some small hotels and several second homes there are emerging in the early twentieth century. Distinct from that of St. Faustin, the Municipality of Saint-Faustin-Station later known as the Lac-Carré was founded in 1922. She is the small town that grows near the core margin Station initial villagers. The station is one of the few public buildings of the turn of the twentieth century to survive in the built landscape of Saint-Faustin-Lac-Carré.
Source: Municipality of Saint-Faustin-Lac-Carré, 2008.

CHARACTER-DEFINING ELEMENTS

Key elements of the railway station of Saint-Faustin-Station related to its architectural interest include the following:
– Volume, the rectangular plan of the main building, its elevation of a floor and a half, its gable roof rights extending beyond the walls, the window projecting canted;
– Schedule, including its location in the extension of the main building, its rectangular plan, its gable roof rights;
– The lean, including its location behind the main building, its rectangular plan, its elevation of a stage and unique slope roof;
– Shelter, including its location in the extension of the main building, its gable roof rights;
– Materials, including molded plank siding, wood architectural elements (openings, ornaments);
– The openings, dormers, gables of the main building, sash windows, the door transom of the facade, doors double leaf of the Annex;
– Ornamentation, whose wooden frames, corner boards, brackets.
Key elements of the railway station of Saint-Faustin-Station related to its historical interest include the following:
– Its location on an open field, near Lake Square, the hollow of a small valley sandwiched between embankments and small rocky cliffs;
– Its location in the heart of Lac-Carré area of the municipality of Saint-Faustin-Lac-Carré.