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This two-storey brick building at Ninette, in the Rural Municipality of Prairie Lakes, served as the community’s post office from 1911 to 1959. It was being used as a small inn at a 2024 site visit.
Period
Postmasters
1911-1923
Charles Overend (1870-1923)
1923-1959
Donald MacDonald (1895-1959)
After 1959
Former Dominion Post Office Building at Ninette (July 2019)
Source: George Penner
Former Dominion Post Office Building at Ninette (September 2024)
Source: George PennerSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.40128, W99.63090
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Ninette Post Office (145 Argyle Street N, Ninette, RM of Prairie Lakes)
Death registration [Charles Overend], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.
Post Offices and Postmasters, Library and Archives Canada.
This page was prepared by George Penner and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 11 September 2024
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