Historic Sites of Manitoba: Dominion Post Office Building (39 Third Street, Miami, RM of Thompson)

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Postmasters | Photos & Coordinates | Sources

This one-storey brick building in Miami, in the Rural Municipality of Thompson, was built in 1960.

Postmasters

Period	Postmasters
1878-1894	William Thompson
1894-1903	Franklin A. Collins
1903-1920	Robert Paterson (c1854-1920)
1920-1942	Mrs. Elizabeth Paterson
1942-1955	Miss Mary Irma Jean Paterson (1900-1955)
1955	Ford Robert Manley
1955-1975	John Hildram Whitfield

Photos & Coordinates

Dominion Post Office Building at Miami (May 2021) Source: George Penner Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.37088, W98.24457 denoted by symbol on the map above

Sources:

Miami & R.M. of Thompson Chronicles by R.M. of Thompson History Book Committee, 1998, page 45.

Post Offices and Postmasters, Library and Archives Canada.

This page was prepared by George Penner and Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 10 July 2021

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