Historic Sites of Manitoba: Dominion Post Office Building (Richhill Avenue, Elkhorn, RM of Wallace-Woodworth)

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Postmasters | Photos & Coordinates | Sources

The two-storey post office at Elkhorn, in the Rural Municipality of Wallace-Woodworth, was constructed in 1935.

Postmasters

Period	Postmasters
1883-1897	J. McLeod
1897-1908	William M. Cushing
1908-1912	Walter Davey (1870-1955)
1913-1923	A. McNab Fraser (?-1923)
1923-1925	John Taylor Fraser
1925-1950	John Matheson McCorkindale (1878-1961)
1950	William John McCorkindale (1931-1958)
1951-1980	John Francis Armstrong (?-1980)
1980-1985	Doris M. Berry

Photos & Coordinates

Dominion Post Office at Elkhorn (July 2010) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Dominion Post Office at Elkhorn (August 2018) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Site Location (lat/long): N49.97543, W101.23994 denoted by symbol on the map above

Sources:

Steel and Grass Roots: 1882-1982 by Elkhorn and District Historical Society, 1982, page 43.

Post Offices and Postmasters, Library and Archives Canada.

Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 24 October 2020

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