Collection search - Echo

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Item

Electoral district:

Maple Creek

Date(s):

Province:

Saskatchewan

Reference:

RG3-D-3

Type of material:

Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Post Offices and Postmasters

Item ID number:

19085

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Additional information:

ECHO post office actually opened in 1911 at 17-4-21-W3. In 1916 its name was changed to CARISS which continued to operate until 1923.

Its name changed to LOOMIS in 1929 after the CPR came through.

Sec.18, Twp.3, R.20, W3 - 1911-07-01

Sec.35, Twp.2, R.22, W3 - 1921-06-01

The second ECHO post office opened in 1921 at SW14-3-21-W3, about six miles to the south.

Source:

PSFDS03-(9638)

Postmasters names and service information
Name of postmaster	Date of appointment	Date of vacancy	Cause of vacancy
W. Loomis	1911-07-01	1912-10-24	Resignation
Richard Jones	1913-03-01	1916-03-07	Resignation, Closed
Gordon Weighill	1921-06-01	1923-10-03	Closed

*In compliance with the Privacy Act (1983), certain personal information has been deleted from this file.

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