The Kensington Railway Station was built in 1905 by M.F. Schurman and Company to plans by architect C. B. Chappell. The railway station is rare because it is one of only two railway stations in Prince Edward Island built of fieldstones or boulders, the other being in Alberton.

Photo: A train arriving at Kensington Railway Station in 1914, with passengers waiting on the platform. By John Woodruff – MIKAN no. 3331816 at Library and Archives Canada, Public Domain

The 1905 Kensington Railway Station was one the most elaborate stations in the province. The station is constructed of fieldstone from western Prince County, PEI and New Brunswick.

The Kensington Railway Station closed in 1969 following the end of passenger service. In recent years, the station has been used as a library, tourist information site, box office for the Indian River Festival, and to house a collection of railway memorabilia of the PEI Railway Heritage Association. Today the station is home to the Island Stone Pub.

Photo: Tristan in Ottawa from Ottawa, ON, Canada – IMG_1007, CC BY-SA 2.0