Windsor Station (Montreal)
Windsor Station (French: Gare Windsor) is a former railway station in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, formerly serving as the city's Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) Station. It also served as the headquarters of CPR from 1889 to 1996. It is bordered by Avenue des Canadiens-de-Montréal to the north, Peel Street to the east, Saint Antoine Street to the south and the Bell Centre to the west.
Windsor Station was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1975, and was also designated a Heritage Railway Station in 1990, and a provincial historic monument in 2009.
The walls are gray limestone from a quarry in Montreal. Outside, the columns reach up to 7 feet wide.
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