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(rshsdepot) CP Heritage Fund grants

-From the Trains.com News Wire...

Nine rail-related projects benefit from CP Heritage Fund grants

The Canadian Pacific Heritage Fund on March 30 awarded more than $1 million
to 20 community-based history projects across Canada, including nine
railroad-related projects.  The CP Heritage Fund, which is administered by
the CP Charitable Foundation, was created in 1999, and last year funded 21
projects worth more than $900,000.

Rail-related projects receiving funding are:

The City of North Bay, Ontario, $100,000, to restore the CP train station,
which will be developed as a railway activity museum to commemorate the role
of the railway in the area.

The George Stephen House Trust Fund in Montreal, $100,000, to renovate the
George Stephen House. The heritage house, completed in 1883, and former home
of the co-founder and first president of Canadian Pacific, is being
preserved.

The Calgary Downtown Association in Alberta, $63,000, to create a railway
underpass with images of the history of the Canadian Pacific Railway. The
grant will be used to develop a pedestrian-friendly underpass and an
attractive gateway into the downtown core.

The Lake of the Woods Railroad Museum in Keewatin, Ontario, $49,450 for the
development of a railroad museum.

The Historical Society of Alberta - Central Alberta Chapter in Red Deer,
$32,000, for the Michener Fountain Restoration. The grant will be used to
restore the 1907 fountain in the new Railway Garden Park.

The S.S. Sicamous Restoration Project in Penticton, British Columbia,
$23,667 to complete the final phase of the restoration of the S.S. Sicamous,
an old CP sternwheeler. The grant will be used to restore the interior of
the pilot house and the smokestack.

The Lethbridge Public Library in Alberta, $7,000, for their Bringing History
Alive project, a model train exhibit that will depict the history of the
Canadian Pacific within the context of Southern Alberta.

The Museum of the Highwood in High River, Alberta, $1,431, for their Moving
the Caboose project. The grant will be used to relocate their ex-CP caboose
closer to the museum in order to interpret local history.

The Clayton McLain Memorial Museum in Cut Knife, Saskatchewan, $500, to
restore the platform of the CP station. The station serves as a local
history museum and the platform is used as a stage for theatrical and other
performances in the community.

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