Historic Sites of Manitoba: Dominion Post Office Building (32 Main Street, Ashern, Municipality of West Interlake)

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Postmasters | Photos & Coordinates | Sources

This one-storey brick building in Ashern, in the Municipality of West Interlake, was built in 1964.

Postmasters

Period	Postmasters
1911-1912	William Hardisty
1912-1916	Frank Allen Pickersgill (1879-1920)
1916-1938	Walter Herbert Hyde (1875-?)
1938-1955	Mrs. Ethal Maud Hyde (1886-?)
1955-1957	Edward Joseph Watts
1957-1967	Michael Patola
1967	William Derrick
1967	Mrs. R. Johnson
1968-1983	Michael Patola

Photos & Coordinates

Dominion Post Office Building at Ashern (June 2021) Source: George Penner Site Coordinates (lat/long): N51.18194, W98.34554 denoted by symbol on the map above

Sources:

Taming a Wilderness: A History of Ashern and District by Ashern Historical Society, 1976, page 19.

Post Offices and Postmasters, Library and Archives Canada.

This page was prepared by George Penner and Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 23 July 2023

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