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This one-storey brick building in Rorketon, in the Rural Municipality of Lakeshore, was built in 1965.
Period
Postmasters
1921-1924
James S. Irven
1924-1928
James Murry Harcus
1928-1938
George Alfred Rorke (1865-1938)
1938
Mrs. Emma Rorke (1866-?)
1938-1969
Miss Joy Eileen Rorke
1969-1971
Russell C. Begg
1971-1972
Mrs. Marguerite M. Mazier
1972-1987
Joseph A. "Joe" Katchur
1987-1996
Norma Kendzierski
Dominion Post Office Building at Rorketon (August 2019)
Source: George PennerSite Coordinates (lat/long): N51.38961, W99.58982
denoted by symbol on the map above
Opening the Door - The Past Comes Alive, Rural Municipality of Lawrence by Lawrence Municipality History Committee, 1997, page 277.
Post Offices and Postmasters, Library and Archives Canada.
This page was prepared by George Penner and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 10 July 2021
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