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Fort Saskatchewan is a city along the North Saskatchewan River in Alberta, Canada. It is 25 kilometres (16 mi) northeast of Edmonton , the provincial capital. It is part of the Edmonton census metropolitan area and one of 24 municipalities that constitute the Edmonton Metropolitan Region Board .
A Romanesque Revival-style former post office which remains, more than a century after construction, one of the dominant buildings on Main Street and a landmark in the town; representative of the extension of federal services across the west in the early 20th century Île-à-la-Crosse [39] 1775 (trading post established) 1954 Île-à-la-Crosse
Its post office opened in 1877. [9] Between 1876 and 1883, Battleford was the territorial capital of the North-West Territories (now Alberta , Saskatchewan , Nunavut , northern Quebec , northern Ontario and the Northwest Territories ) and the NWMP fort ( Fort Battleford ) located there played an important role in the 1885 North-West Rebellion .
LINE 2: STREET ADDRESS OR POST OFFICE BOX NUMBER LINE 3: CITY OR TOWN NAME, OTHER PRINCIPAL SUBDIVISION (such as PROVINCE, STATE, or COUNTRY) AND POSTAL CODE (IF KNOWN) (Note: in some countries, the postal code may precede the city or town name) LINE 4: COUNTRY NAME (UPPERCASE LETTERS IN ENGLISH) From the USPS IMM 122.1 Destination address
Fort San, 1920s with view of the Fort Former Indian Hospital, Fort Qu'Appelle. Maurice Macdonald Seymour, Commissioner of Public Health, was a physician and surgeon of the early North-West Territories in Canada. He founded the Saskatchewan Anti-Tuberculosis League which incorporated and constructed the Fort Qu'Appelle sanitarium.
A streetcar used by Royal Mail Canada in Ottawa, c. 1890s It was in 1867 that the newly formed Dominion of Canada created the Post Office Department as a federal government department (The Act for the Regulation of the Postal Service) headed by a Cabinet minister, the Postmaster General of Canada.
Tourists can tour the fort's buildings, the former townsite, cemeteries, and the whisky trading post. [4] [5] On September 28, 2004, Fort Walsh became part of the Cypress Hills dark-sky preserve. On June 28, 1985, Canada Post issued "Fort Walsh, Sask., circa 1880", one of the 20 stamps in the "Forts Across Canada" series (1983–1985).
In 1991, the Fort Saskatchewan Kinsmen Club and Fort Saskatchewan Historical Society restored the station building. It is now part of the Fort Heritage Precinct, the City of Fort Saskatchewan's museum and historic site, and includes a railway museum in the station agent's office, ladies waiting room, and upstairs living quarters.