British Columbia / B.C. Postal History - 2 June 1954 - BEAVERMOUTH, B.C. (cds cancel / postmark) to Hamilton, Ontario (opening day strike / philatelic)

- ex - Edward Goodale collection / STEIN auction - August 1989 / ex - David Piercey collection...
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The BEAVERMOUTH Post Office (name change) was only open for 5 months.

Beaver was named after Canada's national animal. It had a long life. It was opened 1-3-1890 and closed 2-6-1954. In later days the name was changed to BEAVERMOUTH. Six Mile Creek, in the same area, opened 1-4-1913 and closed 31-10-1932.

- from 1908 "Lovell's Gazetteer of the Dominion of Canada" - BEAVER, a post settlement in East Kootenay County, B.C., on the Columbia River, the furthest north port of the C.P.R., called "Beaver Mouth." A very considerable amount of trapping and hunting takes place around Beaver. It contains 1 Presbyterian church, 1 store, 1 saw mill, telegraph and express offices. The population in 1908 was 100.

(from - Wrigley's 1918 British Columbia directory) - BEAVER - a post office near Beavermouth, on the C. P. R. main line, near Golden, in Columbia Provincial Electoral District. Business centre is Golden.

Beaver was named after Canada's national animal. Beaver was located 9 miles west of Donald on the C.P.R. mainline. It had a long life. It was opened - 1 March 1890 / 21 September 1890 - the name was changed to BEAVERMOUTH - 2 June 1954 and closed - 2 November 1954.

LINK to a list of the Postmasters who served at the BEAVERMOUTH Post Office - recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/home/record...

- sent from - / BEAVERMOUTH / AM / 2 VI / 54 / B.C. / - cds cancel - (RF E / RF E2 / now is classified as RF E3) - (first day strike - philatelic)

Addressed to: Edward Goodale / 63 Homewood Ave. / Hamilton, Ont. (his handstamp)

EDWARD GOODALE (No. 115)
Edward Goodale, of Hamilton, Ontario, salesman in that city for a Toronto tire company, died Friday, March 11, 1955 at the age of 54 years. Ed. was born in Hamilton, and educated in that city and at the high school at Caledonia, on the Grand River. Ed. has been prominent in philatelic circles for many years, and was a past president of the Canadian Philatelic Society, the Hamilton Philatelic Society, and the Stamp Club of Hamilton. He was also a director of CAPEX and a member of many other philatelic societies. He was a keen member of the Hamilton Kiwanis Club and chalked up over 22 years of perfect attendance at its meetings. Edward Goodale did a lot of philatelic writing, having written the section on "flag and bars" cancellations · in the Holmes Catalogue. He was editor of the "Canadian Philatelic Bulletin" in 1937, and at one time wrote a history of the Canadian Philatelic Society, of which he was archivist. He was also active in the Head-of-the-Lakes Historical Society, and other organizations in Hamilton. In the collecting field his tastes were varied, and his collection was contained in no less than 140 albums. He will be greatly missed at Society gatherings and in other spheres where he has been active for many years. LINK to his transport company - archives.hpl.ca/index.php/goodale-transport-limited-2

Arthur Edward Goodale
(b. 29 December 1900 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada - d. 10 Mar 1955 (aged 54) in ) - LINK to his Find a Grave site - www.findagrave.com/memorial/179142802/arthur-edward-goodale

Marjorie Alice Blackman and Arthur Edward Goodale were married on Tuesday, February 7, 1922 in Wentworth, Ontario.

LINK to - B.C. Postal History Articles - From 1984 to 1988 a number of articles about Canadian postal history (most of them about British Columbia) in The Guideline, the newsletter of the Vancouver Island Philatelic Society. Almost all were written by Lester Small. Also included is an article by Robin Clarke about unusual postal delivery in Victoria. More about Lester Small. - www.vicstamps.com/displays/bc_postal_history_articles/bc_...

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