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The Royal Mails

by | Dec 26, 2014 | Bloggers, History of Lake Country, Thomson, Carol

The first mail service in the Winfield area was that offered by Charles Lawson who used to carry the mail on horseback from Swan Lake to Okanagan Mission around 1872. Apparently he used to shout at the top of his voice as he passed ranches to announce the mail, and...