Historic Sites of Manitoba: Dominion Post Office Building (Main Street North, Gilbert Plains, Municipality of Gilbert Plains)
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This one-storey brick post office building at Gilbert Plains in the Municipality of Gilbert Plains was constructed in 1939.
Postmasters
Period
Postmasters
1892-1900
Samuel Mitchell
1901-1911
John Munroe Dow (1841-1911)
1911-1920
Edward Rankin Dow (1876-1920)
1920
Charles F. Warren
1920-1963
William Robert Peckham (1898-1997)
1963
Arthur Watts Best (1897-1975)
1963-1987
Leslie Arnold Agar
Photos & Coordinates
Dominion Post Office at Gilbert Plains (June 2016)
Source: Gordon GoldsboroughSite Coordinates (lat/long): N51.15003, W100.48871
denoted by symbol on the map above
Sources:
Death registration [Edward Rankin Dow], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Obituary [William Robert Peckham], Winnipeg Free Press, 11 January 1997, page 62.
Post Offices and Postmasters, Library and Archives Canada.
Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 25 October 2020
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