Aside from the railway stations in the new downtown, Canadian Pacific, a company founded in Montreal, has riverside facilities at the eastern end of Old Montreal.

DALHOUSIE STATION

Dating back to 1884, Dalhousie Station is Montreal's oldest standing railway station. In 1886, the first CP train to Vancouver departed from here—the very first transcontinental train voyage in North America, with no transfers, from an ocean port on the Atlantic all the way to the Pacific.

The very powerful Canadian Pacific, owner of an immense network of railways, cargo ships, steamers and prestigious hotels, after building Dalhousie Station (1884), the adjacent elevators (1885-1887) and Windsor Station (1887-1889), had the Viger Station and Hotel built (1896-1898) in the "château" style characteristic of its finest hotels—like the famous Château Frontenac, in Quebec City. This station, with its eleven tracks (now torn up), was the last of the great combination hotels and railway stations in North America.

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