Historic Sites of Manitoba: Dominion Post Office Building (North Railway Street, Oak Lake, RM of Sifton)

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Postmasters | Photos & Coordinates | Sources

This attractive brick post office in Oak Lake, in the Rural Municipality of Sifton, was built in 1930 by Brandon contractor Robert B. Dunsire at a cost of $18,750.

Postmasters

Period

Postmasters

1882

H. A. Roberts

1883-1885

D. H. Parker

1886-1891

George D. Miller

1891-1892

James Andrew

1892-1903

John Hood

1903-1926

Mrs. A. H. Campbell (1857-?)

1927-1950

William Cochrane (1884-1963)

1950-1966

Alvin Lancelot Burch

1966-1972

Armer Howard Girling

1972-1974

Hilda L. Fuller

1974-1975

Edna Tolton

1975-1976

Clarence S. Stefanson

Photos & Coordinates

Dominion Post Office in Oak Lake

Dominion Post Office in Oak Lake (September 2011)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough

Dominion Post Office in Oak Lake

Dominion Post Office in Oak Lake (August 2018)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough

Dominion Post Office in Oak Lake

Dominion Post Office in Oak Lake (May 2022)
Source: Rose Kuzina

Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.76633, W100.63197
denoted by symbol on the map above

Sources:

“Local contractor gets award for new post office at Oak Lake,” Brandon Sun, 11 September 1930, page 2.

Post Offices and Postmasters, Library and Archives Canada.

Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.

We thank Rose Kuzina for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 19 December 2022

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