British Columbia / B.C. Postal History - 4 October 1941 - EAGLE BAY, B.C. (cds cancel / postmark / large letters) to Toronto, Ontario

EAGLE BAY is a designated place located on the Shuswap Highland Peninsula on the southern shore of Shuswap Lake in British Columbia, Canada. The community is situated across the lake from Crowfoot Mountain on the southern shore of Shuswap Lake. It is 24 kilometres east of Sorrento, British Columbia, which is about 20 minutes by automobile. Access to Eagle Bay from Sorrento is via Blind Bay Road and Eagle Bay Road or via the Trans-Canada Highway, Balmoral Road and Eagle Bay Rd.

(from - Wrigley's 1918 British Columbia Directory) - EAGLE BAY - a Post Office and farming settlement 14 miles east of Notch Hill, on east side of Shuswap Lake, in Kamloops Provincial Electoral District, reached by steamer from Notch Hill, the nearest railway C. P. R. point in summer, and by sledge in winter. Local resources, farming.

This is a feeding area for bald eagles, and they may have a nest by the south end of the bay....

EAGLE BAY Post Office opened - 1 May 1913, so-named in assocation with the nearby water feature, in turn named for the numerous eagles in the area.

LINK to a list of the Postmasters who served at the EAGLE BAY, B.C. Post Office - recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/Home/Record...

- sent from - / EAGLE BAY / PM / OC 4 / 41 / B.C. / - cds cancel (large letters)

Addressed to: Mr. Everett Armstrong / Apt. B-7, Howland Court, 245 Howland Avenue, / Toronto 4, Ontario

Taken on: March 24, 2024

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