The Canadian
West, which was owned and controlled by the Hudson Bay Trading Company,
depended on fur traders and voyagers in canoes to carry mail to far off trading
posts. The winter mail was transported using day teams and snow shoes. This
changed in the early 1880’s with the completion of the CPR. The first post office
in Broadview was a box placed near the railroad. Every person had to go and
select their own mail. The original post office was established on February 1,
1882. In 1902 a two story lumber house on Main Street and they moved the Post
Office and remained until 1908. In 1936 the Government built a one story Post
Office. This building was used until 1957 when the present Post Office opened.
The old Post Office is now being used for the Economic Development Office.
