FIRST — Post Office in Vancouver — Vancouver, BC
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Dunbar Loop
N 49° 16.370 W 123° 11.149
10U E 486483 N 5457802
When the Hastings Mill Store opened in 1865 it became the first post office in what would be Vancouver.
Waymark Code: WM95EN
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Date Posted: 07/01/2010
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Zork V
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HASTINGS MILL STORE

As a survivor of the Great Fire in 1886, the Hastings Mill Store is Vancouver’s oldest building. It was built in 1865 as the general store for the Hastings Sawmill Company at the foot of Dunlevy Street near Gastown. This was also Vancouver’s first post office and later served as a library and community centre. In 1930 the building was floated to this site and the Native Daughters of British Columbia opened it as a museum in honour of the Province’s early pioneers.

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Date of FIRST: 01/01/1865

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