Onward to the Unknown

Monument and Post Office Plaque

A stone monument with three bronze plaques set into it, standing in a field under a blue sky.
Close-up of one of the bronze plaques on the stone monument.

CANADA POSTES
POST CANADA

THE FIRST POST OFFICE IN THIS AREA
WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1897 IN THE
HOME OF MR. & MRS. MOISE L'HEUREUX.
MOISE WAS THE FIRST POSTMASTER
AND MAIL CARRIER, HAULING THE
MAIL FROM BATTLEFORD BY TEAM
AND DEMOCRAT OR SLEIGHT A DISTANCE
OF SOME 30 MILES. WHATEVER THE
WEATHER, THE MAIL HAD TO GO.