Post Offices open prior to Dec 1 1882 and subsequently in one of the three new districts.

BATTLEFORD
Post Office opened on Feb 1 1877
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Apr 9 1877
ERD
Jun 20 1877
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LRD
Nov 21 1883
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CARLETON
Post Office opened on Feb 1 1877
Post Office closed on Jul 31 1885
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ERD
Apr 9 1877
LRD
Jan 23 1884
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EDMONTON
Post Office opened on Mar 1 1878
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ERD
Mar 7 1879
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LRD
Feb 22 1892
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FORT EDMONTON
Post Office opened on Feb 1 1877
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ERD
Mar 14 1883
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LRD
Jun 23 1883
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FORT SASKATCHEWAN
Post Office opened on Mar 1 1878
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ERD
Jan 7 1881
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LRD
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GRANDIN
Post Office opened on Aug 1 1877
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ERD
May 9 1888
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LRD
Mar 16 1892
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GRAND VALLEY
Post Office opened on Oct 1 1879 closed on Mar 31 1883
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ERD
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LRD
May 12 1881
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PRINCE ALBERT
Post Office opened on Jan 1 1879
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ERD
Mar 5 1881
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LRD
Mar 16 1887
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QU'APPELLE
Post Office opened on Jul 1 1880
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Aug 5 1880
ERD
May 5 1882
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LRD
Aug 18 1887

ST. ALBERT
Post Office opened on Jul 1 1880
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ERD
Jul 25 1883
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LRD
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STOBART
Post Office opened on May 1 1879
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ERD
Nov 15 1880
LRD
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TOUCHWOOD HILLS
Post Office opened on Sep 1 1879
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ERD
Dec 4 1879
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Post Offices opened early in 1883 but still using NWT hammers.
The towns were along the CPR mainline from the Manitoba border to Regina.

BROADVIEW
Post Office opened on Nov 1 1882
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Jan 2 1883
ERD
Jul 16 1883
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LRD
Dec 23 1894
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INDIAN HEAD
Post Office opened on Nov 1 1882
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Jan 2 1883
ERD
Aug 20 1884
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LRD
Mar 17 1892
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MOOSOMIN
Post Office opened on Nov 1 1882
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Jan 2 1883
ERD
Jul 1 1884
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LRD
Jan 29 1899
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REGINA
Post Office opened on Jan 1 1882
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ERD
Mar 23 1883
LRD
Oct 14 1895

TROY
Post Office opened on Aug 1 1882
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ERD
Feb 13 1883
LRD
Aug 6 1884

WOLF CREEK
Post Office opened on Oct 1 1882
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ERD
May 30 1883
LRD
Oct 8 1886
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Post Offices originally in the NWT. They became part of Manitoba on July 1, 1881.

FORT ELLICE
Post Office opened on Sep 1 1879
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ERD
Dec 22 1880
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GRAND VALLEY
Post Office opened on Oct 1 1879
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ERD
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LRD
May 12 1881
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MINNEDOSA
Post Office opened on Nov 1 1880
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ERD
May 4 1881
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LRD
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OAK RIVER
Post Office opened on Nov 1 1879
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ERD
Sep 30 1881
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LRD
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ODANAH
Post Office opened on Oct 1 1880
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ERD
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LRD
Feb 8 1882
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RAPID CITY
Post Office opened on Sep 1 1879
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ERD
May 6 1881
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LRD
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ROSSBURN
Post Office opened on Nov 26 1880
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ERD
May 6 1882
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SHELL RIVER
Post Office opened on Nov 1 1880
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ERD
May 6 1882
LRD
Apr 10 1884
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SHOAL LAKE
Post Office opened on Aug 1 1876
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ERD
Dec 3 1878
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LRD
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SOURIS MOUTH
Post Office opened on Nov 1 1880
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ERD
Jun 12 1881
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LRD
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