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Historic Sites of Manitoba: Dominion Post Office Building (North Railway Street, Oak Lake, RM of Sifton)
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Postmasters | Photos & Coordinates | Sources
This attractive brick post office in Oak Lake, in the Rural Municipality of Sifton, was built in 1930 by Brandon contractor Robert B. Dunsire at a cost of $18,750.
Postmasters
Period
Postmasters
1882
H. A. Roberts
1883-1885
D. H. Parker
1886-1891
George D. Miller
1891-1892
James Andrew
1892-1903
John Hood
1903-1926
Mrs. A. H. Campbell (1857-?)
1927-1950
William Cochrane (1884-1963)
1950-1966
Alvin Lancelot Burch
1966-1972
Armer Howard Girling
1972-1974
Hilda L. Fuller
1974-1975
Edna Tolton
1975-1976
Clarence S. Stefanson
Photos & Coordinates
Dominion Post Office in Oak Lake (September 2011)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
Dominion Post Office in Oak Lake (August 2018)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
Dominion Post Office in Oak Lake (May 2022)
Source: Rose KuzinaSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.76633, W100.63197
denoted by symbol on the map above
Sources:
“Local contractor gets award for new post office at Oak Lake,” Brandon Sun, 11 September 1930, page 2.
Post Offices and Postmasters, Library and Archives Canada.
Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.
We thank Rose Kuzina for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 19 December 2022
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