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The Canadian Pacific Railway reached the location of Biggar in 1907 when they constructed their Minnedosa, Manitoba -Saskatoon -Edmonton, Alberta line. The ease of transport, brought more settlers and immigrants west to the end of the steel. The Saskatchewan Wheat Pool erected their elevator alongside the C.P.R. tracks. Biggar incorporates as a village in 1908, population over 100 residents. Februrary 1913, sees a new C.P.R. station in Biggarhurst. In April of 1913, excavation begins for the new C.P.R. station, and the C.P. townsite relocates to Biggar. In 1914, the C.P.R. opens a Telegraph Office in Biggar. On November 15, 1917, a tender was accepted from Dr Shaw, Mayor of Biggar.(Public Works Dept). Condition that he remove the building or make other arrangements with CPR for use on the site of the Immigration Hall which was in use till the 1990s. During World War I and World War II, millions of tons of freight and millions of military personnel were utilising the rails and the raillines went into wartime mode. Biggar was a divisional point for the CNR as well as a station for the Canadian Pacific Railway. In 1936, Tom and Ida Ellis moved back into Biggar to operate the dray and taxi service for the C.P.R. to Biggar route. According to the Railroad Station Historical Society, Inc. the 1913 CPR station is now a park office situated on Highway 4 north of Biggar, and the 1913 GTP Argo depot is now being used as a residence west of Biggar on Highway 51.
.1925 rail line map with Biggar highlighted
1925 Waghorn's guide map. The Canadian Pacific Minnedosa-Saskatoon-Edmonton line is an east west line north of the Grand Trunk Pacific Rail station (Canadian National Railline CNR) and the CPR is printed in Blue on the above map. The Biggar CPR station is located north east of the GTPR rail station.

Historical Photographs
Photographer/Illustrator: Cooper, Frederick Bertram, Calgary, Alberta (1916). "56th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force, enroute to Ottawa and overseas, leaving station at Biggar, Saskatchewan. On Canadian Pacific Railway train. In winter.". Image No: NC-78-117. Glenbow Museum Where the World Meets the West Archives Photographs. http://ww2.glenbow.org/search/archivesPhotosResults.aspx?AC=GET_RECORD&XC=/search/archivesPhotosResults.aspx&BU=&TN=IMAGEBAN&SN=AUTO11468&SE=1532&RN=33&MR=10&TR=0&TX=1000&ES=0&CS=0&XP=&RF=WebResults&EF=&DF=WebResultsDetails&RL=0&EL=0&DL=0&NP=255&ID=&MF=WPEngMsg.ini&MQ=&TI=0&DT=&ST=0&IR=89872&NR=0&NB=4&SV=0&BG=&FG=&QS=ArchivesPhotosSearch&OEX=ISO-8859-1&OEH=ISO-8859-1. Retrieved 2010-01-25.
Photographer/Illustrator: Cooper, Frederick Bertram, Calgary, Alberta (1916). "56th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force, aboard train enroute to Ottawa and overseas, stopped at Biggar, Saskatchewan. Canadian Pacific Railway train.In winter.". Image No: NC-78-116. Glenbow Museum Where the World Meets the West - Archives Photographs. http://ww2.glenbow.org/search/archivesPhotosResults.aspx?AC=GET_RECORD&XC=/search/archivesPhotosResults.aspx&BU=&TN=IMAGEBAN&SN=AUTO11468&SE=1532&RN=32&MR=10&TR=0&TX=1000&ES=0&CS=0&XP=&RF=WebResults&EF=&DF=WebResultsDetails&RL=0&EL=0&DL=0&NP=255&ID=&MF=WPEngMsg.ini&MQ=&TI=0&DT=&ST=0&IR=89871&NR=0&NB=4&SV=0&BG=&FG=&QS=ArchivesPhotosSearch&OEX=ISO-8859-1&OEH=ISO-8859-1. Retrieved 2010-01-25.


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