It was designed by Hugh G. Jones and built by the Canadian Pacific Railway from 1920 to 1922.

The station comprises a two-story waiting area, a four-storey office block and a six-storey Tyndall stone clock tower.

[2] The station was a stop for Canadian Pacific Railway passenger trains.

It ran through to Vancouver via a connection with Canadian Pacific Railway's The Dominion at Moose Jaw.

In the winter the Soo-Dominion terminated in Moose Jaw permitting a transfer to the Dominion.