by lakecountry | Jul 17, 2015 | Bloggers, History of Lake Country, Thomson, Carol
A Post Office at Okanagan Mission was opened in 1872 and mails came from Kamloops to O’Keefe’s, a few miles north of Vernon. From there they were taken to the Mission post office by a rancher of Swan Lake named Charles Lawson, on horseback. …...
by lakecountry | 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...
