Historic Sites of Manitoba: Dominion Post Office Building (201 Main Street, Russell, Municipality of Russell-Binscarth)

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Postmasters | Photos & Coordinates | Sources

Built in 1937 as the post office for the community of Russell, the round hole above the main entrance of this single-storey brick structure once hosted a clock. It was later used as offices by the Pelly Trail School Division then as an accountancy office.

Postmasters

Period	Postmasters
1880-1885	William Denmark
1885-1886	John Brown
1887-1892	John G. Boulton
1892-1897	John Brown
1897-1913	Albert Gale Parker Smellie (1862-1936)
1913-1942	Percival Hudson “Percy” Nelson (1871-1942)
1942-1944	Jean Violet Nelson (1889-1966)
1944-1957	Henry Richard Dicketts
1957	Miss G. Mary Bennett
1958-1987	Thomas Edward O. Smart

Photos & Coordinates

Former Dominion Post Office Building at Russell (August 2013) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Former Dominion Post Office Building at Russell (June 2017) Source: George Penner Site Coordinates (lat/long): N50.78049, W101.28805 denoted by symbol on the map above

Sources:

Banner County: History of Russell & District, 1879-1967 by Russell Women's Institute, 1967, page 47.

Russell Historical Walking Tour, Asessippi Parkland Tourism.

Post Offices and Postmasters, Library and Archives Canada.

We thank George Penner and Darryl Toews for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 4 March 2024

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