from was located in Maclntyre’s Store, which was owned and operated by Mike Maclntyre. Colin MacDonald of St. Peters recalled that many country post offices were run out of the home and there would generally be a store in connection with it — some sort of a family business. (18) One such post office was located in Greenwich, in a store, which was owned, operated and run by Donald MacLaine in his home. (19)

Colin MacDonald recalled that there was usually a post office about every three miles that was owned by Canada Post. He recalled three post offices between St. Peters and Morell, one of which was run by Bruce Webster in Midgell. (20] George Bowley of Midgell recalled that if the train did not have to make a stop, the mail would simply be thrown off the train. It would be picked up by the mail carrier Gordon Robbins and brought back to post office in Midgell.

On Wednesday, January 8, 1964, the headlines in The Eastern Graphic ran “St. Peters to get $25,000 Post Office Building.” This building, still standing in our community over thirty years later, resembles many other small community post offices that were built throughout the Island at this time.

Colin and Jean MacDonald of St. Peters recalled that the first post office in the St. Peters area was at the St. Peters Mill, located near the Marie River, and was run by James Burke. Burke's successors were John Jardine and Will Sterns. Within the village of St. Peters, Colin and Jean estimated that the first post office was established around 1852/ 1852 with John Sutherland as its postmaster. Hutchineson’s Directory indicates that Mr. Sutherland was still the postmaster in 1864 (see Appendix 2). (21)

Many people at the head of St. Peters Bay recall the post office being located in Barnaby O’Hanley’s house. It was later taken over and run by his son Alex O’Hanley. Alex’s daughter, Sister Rose O’Hanley recalls that her father and grandfather met the train regularly to collect the mail and deliver it as far as Greenwich. Even after the O’Hanley’s next door neighbor Ronald MacDonald took over the post office in the 1930s, Alec continued to meet the train and take the mail to the post office. Sister Rose recalled that the mail came on the evening train and it was often delivered at 7am the following morning. (22)

In 1976, more changes had been made, which organized the ISIand’s communities into rural route numbers:

St. Peters Bay, R.R.#1: Goose River

Greenwich Cable Head East and West

St. Peters Bay, RR. #2: Ashton

Five Houses

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