Historic Sites of Manitoba: Dominion Post Office Building (15 First Avenue SW, Carman)

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Postmasters | Photos & Coordinates | Sources

Built between 1913 and 1915, this two-storey brick building in Carman (as of 1990, a municipally-designated heritage site) served as the Carman Post Office until 1972 when it became the Boyne Regional Library.

Postmasters

Period	Postmasters
1880-1885	Paul Adrien Gratton
1885-1887	William Badger
1887-1897	James Bruce
1897-1911	Johnston Watson (1862-1957)
1912-1941	Thomas Cleave (1869-1946)
1941	Thomas Irvine “Bill” Cleave (1909-1970)
1941-1953	John Maddison (1888-1961)
1953-1984	John Thomas Madison

Photos & Coordinates

Postcard view of Carman Post Office (no date) Source: Gordon Goldsborough, 2013-0180 The former Carman Post Office, now the local library (October 2013) Source: Gordon Goldsborough The former Carman Post Office, now the local library (June 2019) Source: Rose Kuzina The former Carman Post Office, now the local library (June 2019) Source: George Penner Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.50720, W98.00313 denoted by symbol on the map above

See also:

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Municipally Designated Historic Sites

Sources:

Carman Dominion Post Office Building, 15-1st Avenue SW, Carman, Manitoba Historic Resources Branch.

Post Offices and Postmasters, Library and Archives Canada.

Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.

We thank Rose Kuzina and George Penner for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 24 October 2020

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