Bonaventure Station

Bonaventure Station is the name of several railway stations located in Downtown Montreal, Quebec. Named for its location on Saint Bonaventure Street, now Saint Jacques Street, the first Bonaventure Station was built in 1847 as the main terminal for the Montreal and Lachine Railway. The structure was leased by the Grand Trunk Railway in 1864 to provide access to the downtown for that company; GTR subsequently purchased the station and incorporated it as the railway's Montreal terminal. In the 1880s, the Intercolonial Railway began using Bonventure Station as its western terminal for service running from Halifax, Nova Scotia and other points in the Maritimes (see Ocean Limited). Montreal was a city ripe with speculation from real estate...