The 1912-built station, which houses the Cowichan Valley Museum, was one of 10 sites entered in the National Trust for Canada’s Next Great Save contest, and got the most online votes.
The Duncan Train Station has scooped the $50,000 grand prize in a national competition for heritage sites, after winning the most votes in the online contest.
It ended up with 76,521 votes, with La Vielle Maison in Meteghan, N.S. coming second at 52,760 and winning $10,000, and Hope’s Canadian National Railway station finishing third at 22,357 votes and receiving $5,000. “It’s terrific,” Cowichan Historical Society vice-president Sheila Kitson said of the win. “I haven’t wiped the grin off my face yet.”
The hope is that the winnings will serve as “seed money” for a quarter-of-a-million dollar restoration of the landmark that will “give it more life,” Kitson said.
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