Murray Harbour, Rail Head Park

New park, opened Oct. 1, 2005 ...

The completion of the Murray Harbour branch line and the Hillsborough Bridge provided an east link for southern Queens and Kings counties to Charlottetown. Murray Harbour station was built on a curve near the end of the line. In the extreme right of the photo the engine house can be seen. For this photo (probably taken from the top of a rail car) the train crew have posed with local residents.

This new development is located at the site of the former train station in Murray Harbour, which opened in 1905 and was the end of the line of the Island's railway to the east. The project involved the construction of an Interpretation Centre in the form of a roundhouse, as well as a new bridge look-out to view the south River and Harbour area. The Confederation Trail has been extended along the former Murray Harbour line to the edge of the South River, the last branch of former rail line on the Island to be developed into a biking and walking trail.

This plaque was made in honor of my father (A. Byron Burns) & Grandfather (Arthur M. Burns)... is placed in the Interpretation Centre

My brother, Robert & I receiving a copy of the plaque from Jamie Richards at the opening ceremony ~ Oct. 1, 2005

Our Father, Grandfather & Great Grandfather's legacy still lives on!!

Photos

Gazebo

Breath taking view from the park...to the South River...; the birches

The new Interpretation Centre...the "Roundhouse" and Gazebo

The Entrance to the Rail Head Park

Receiving the plaque

Robert Burns and Family: Vanessa, Rachelle, Mary & Robert

Byron Burns's grand children: Jeffrey, Amadea, Vanessa & Rachelle

Young Byron Burns(short knickers-right),
Picking blueberries along the Murray Harbour
railway around 1920.

Standing by the Murray Harbour Train;
Young Byron Burns, Thelma Burns(sister),
Mrs. Fred Prowse, 1921

Burns Family; Eliza, Arthur, & young Byron
Camping near the "Roundhouse" among the "Birches".
The Brentwood furniture was made by the local Indians

Arthur Mayland Burns Baggage Master, PEI Railway.

Old Photo of Murray Harbour Train Station

Old Photo of Murray Harbour Train Station; rear view

Murray Harbour Station, circa 1905 (Elliot Lumsden, Photographer)

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