The building was built in 1909, by the
B.C. Mills Timber and Trading Co. It was prefabricated,
and was shipped to Mission from Vancouver. During the
early 1900's, the "Mission Junction" was the only line
connecting the U.S.A. with B.C., and so the Mission Junction
was an extremely busy station. As many as thirty trains
travelled through Mission every day. The rail station
remained in use until 1990. It was designated a Heritage
Site by the Federal government in 1991.
After 1990, several different community
groups attempted to salvage the old CPR Station. The Kinsmen
Club of Mission planned to stabilize and then move the
station, to prevent it from being bulldozed. But in 1992,
there was a fire which derailed plans that the Kinsmen
had about restoring the building. This meant that the
Station would have to be moved from its current location.
Funding did not come through, and so the moving plan was
dropped. In 1996, the Mission Chamber of Commerce was
interested in moving the old station, and using it as
an information booth. By 1999, the Mission Lions Club
had raised $330,000 for the train station to be moved,
and were planning to do so by May. However, on January
25, 1999, the railway station caught fire, and burned
to the ground. After 90 years, one of Mission's oldest
landmarks had ceased to exist.
