Historically served by the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) and Via Rail, it is now a stop for the Rocky Mountaineer and houses a restaurant.

[3] Starting in 1909, it was the first of six mountain stations built by the Canadian Pacific in a rustic log building design, consistent with how the railway marketed the region as a wilderness tourist destination.

[4] The older depot that the 1910 building replaced continued to be used by the CPR for other purposes.

The CPR donated it in 1976 to Heritage Park Historical Village in Calgary.

The depot was moved to the park and restored to the era when the Lake Louise village was called Laggan.