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This one-storey brick building on Park Avenue in Beausejour was designed by Charles D. Sutherland (1879-1957), Chief Architect for the Department of Public Works at Ottawa. Constructed in 1937 as a post office, it was used for this purpose until 1972. It presently (2018) hosts law offices.
Period
Postmasters
1887-1898
J. L. Turner
1898-1913
Samuel Turner
1914-1951
James William Laurie
1951-1967
Caroline Anna Laurie
1967-?
Henry Podealuk
Former Dominion Post Office Building at Beausejour (November 2017)
Source: George PennerSite Coordinates (lat/long): N50.06200, W96.51678
denoted by symbol on the map above
Post Offices and Postmasters, Library and Archives Canada.
Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.
Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada, 1800-1950 by Robert G. Hill, Toronto.
We thank Jordan Makichuk for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by George Penner and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 24 October 2020
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