The CN Harte subdivision ran between Pacific Junction (in Winnipeg) to Rivers, Manitoba. This was the former Canadian Northern main line west of Winnipeg.
The track between Winnipeg and Portage la Prairie was abandoned in stages. At one point the track between Pacific Junction and Cabot became the CN Cabot subdivision. Much of the roadbed between Cabot and Portage la Prairie became the foundation for the Trans-Canada Highway.
| Mile | Station | TT/TO | Siding | Other Tracks |
| 6.5 | PACIFIC JUNCTION Jct. with Winnipeg Terminal Division | T | – | – |
| 7.1 | SEARLE | – | – | 60 |
| 14.4 | WEST WINNIPEG | – | – | 70 |
| 17.7 | BEAUDRY | P | – | 71 |
| 22.2 | CABOT | P | 71 | 23 |
| 25.7 | DUGAS | – | – | 23 |
| 30.5 | NORTH ELIE | P | 68 | 39 |
| 37.1 | FORTIER | P | 72 | 26 |
| 44.3 | GERVAIS | P | – | 69 |
| 53.1 | EAST TOWER Junction with Gladstone subdivision | T | 81 | – |
| 54.3 | PORTAGE LA PRAIRIE | T | – | 704 |
| 54.8 | EIGHTH STREET Junction with Gladstone subdivision | – | – | – |
| 55.2 | WEST TOWER Junction with Pleasant Point subdivision | – | – | – |
| 59.7 | ARONA | – | – | 76 |
| 63.3 | BLOOM | P | 105 | 27 |
| 71.0 | CAYE | P | 105 | 21 |
| 76.7 | DEER | P | 72 | 15 |
| 82.2 | DOCK | P | – | – |
| 84.3 | EXIRA | T | 105 | 16 |
| 91.2 | FIRDALE | P | 105 | 27 |
| 99.7 | GREGG | T | 103 | 29 |
| 103.8 | PETREL JCT Junction with Carberry subdivision | P | – | – |
| 106.8 | HARTE | P | 105 | 27 |
| 113.2 | INGELOW | P | 69 | 28 |
| 121.8 | JUSTICE | T | 103 | 39 |
| 127.7 | BRANDON NORTH | P | – | – |
| 129.4 | KNOX | P | 105 | 25 |
| 133.0 | SMART | – | – | 16 |
| 136.6 | LEVINE | P | 104 | 26 |
| 140.2 | GRANT’S CUT | – | 113 | 16 |
| 142.2 | RIVERS | T | 35 | 921 |
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From Winnipeg to PlaP this track was actually the Grand Trunk Pacific main line. The current CN Rivers Sub to Portage is the former Canadian Northern . Rivers sub west from Portage is the former GTP. The Canadian Northern main is what is now CN Gladstone .
Eric.
The Harte Sub started at the centre-line of the Union Depot in Winnipeg. The mileages you show are from the Depot. The line ran parallel to the CNoR to what became Woodward Ave Jct (Mile 1.66) and angled off running along what is now Grant Ave, running in a straight line to St James Jct and then again parallel to the CNoR to what became Pacific Jct at Mile 6.5. Pacific Jct probably did not exist until after amalgamation as early maps do not show a connection at this point to the CNoR. A Canadian National Railway plan “Mileage Plan Winnipeg Terminal Division & Vicinity” with revisions from 1924 to 1938 shows Alcrest at Mile 7.1. At some point Alcrest was changed to Pacific Jct. The GTP station was at the Mile 7.1 location. A photo on the Manitoba Historical Society website shows the station with Pacific Junction signage. Probably after the station building was removed CN renamed the location as Searle as Searle Grain had a large elevator on the siding at this location. The CN plan shows a crossover at Pacific Jct between the Harte and the Gladstone Subs. The station is shown as 0.57 miles west of the actual junction.
Hi Robert, thanks for the details on the Harte sub in the Winnipeg area. Today it’s a walking trail on the west side of Winnipeg. It must have been very strange to have two separate transcontinental lines (CNoR and GTP) more or less parallel to each other.
Where would the Gervais siding be located today?
It would have been just about at the Assiniboine River. I’m not sure if it was west or east of the river; I feel it was just east. At this point the Trans Canada Highway is on the former roadbed of the Harte sub.