British Columbia / B.C. Postal History - 27 / 29 February 1908 - SAPPERTON, B.C. to Bowen Island, B.C. (split ring / broken circle cancel / postmark) (A1-2 / second hammer)

- from 1908 "Lovell's Gazetteer of the Dominion of Canada" - SAPPERTON, a post village in New Westminster District, B.C., on the Fraser River, a station on the C.P.R. and Vancouver, Victoria & Westminster Railroad's, 2 miles from Westminster, and 7 miles from Westminster Jet, It has 3 churches (Episcopal, Methodist and Presbyterian), 2 stores, 1 saw and shingle mill, 1 tannery and 1 brewery. The population in 1908 was 300.

(from - Wrigley's 1918 British Columbia Directory) - SAPPERTON - a suburb of New Westminster, on the G. N. Railway and B. C. Electric Railway.

The SAPPERTON Post Office was established - 1 May 1891 - it became the NEW WESTMINSTER - SAPPERTON Sub Office - 1 December 1912 and closed - 31 December 1971.

LINK to a list of the Postmasters who served at the SAPPERTON Post Office - recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/home/record... - and the NEW WESTMINSTER - SAPPERTON Sub Office - recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/Home/Record...

- sent from - / SAPPERTON / FE 27 / 08 / B.C / - split ring cancel - this split ring hammer (A1-2 / left arc - 7.0 mm / right arc - 6.5 mm) was not listed in the Proof Book - most likely was proofed c. June 1907 after the Post Office fire. Split ring hammer (A1-1 / left arc - 5.0 mm / right arc - 5.0 mm) was proofed - 4 March 1891 - (RF D).

- arrived at - / BOWEN • ISLAND / FE 29 / 08 / B.C. / - split ring cancel - this split ring hammer (A1-1) was proofed - 19 July 1894 - (RF B).

Clipped from - Vancouver Daily World newspaper - Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada - 3 June 1907 - SERIOUS FIRE AT BRUNETTE - Office, Store and Post Office at Sapperton Completely Wiped Out. New Westminster, June 3, 1907 (Special) The Brunette saw mill company's office, store and post office at Sapperton were destroyed by fire early on Sunday morning and only the prompt and successful work of the firemen saved the mill yard and mill buildings proper from being consumed also. The fire was discovered in the office shortly after 1 a. m. and the watchman, Johnston, at once turned in the alarm. The office, store and post office buildings all adjoin and the cook house and other buildings are situate close by. When the firemen arrived on the scene both the office and store were, burning fiercely and the sparks were endangering the adjoining buildings, storage sheds and lumber piles. Chief Watson, seeing the hopelessness of any effort to save the burning buildings directed his men to confine their operations to prevent the spreading of the fire. Consequently everything within the danger zone was kept so thoroughly soaked that, although incipient blazes started now and again, the fire was unable to gain a foothold anywhere else. While successful in preventing the spread of the fire the buildings in which it originally started were completely destroyed with their contents, books, ledgers and records belonging to the office and the large stock and post office supplies contained in the store. While the buildings themselves were not valuable structure their contents represented considerable value and it is at present difficult to give an accurate estimate of the loss. The rebuilding of the mill offices will he started at once, but it is probable that a new site on Columbia street near the entrance to the mill yard will be selected as the old site was neither convenient nor a very safe one owing to the proximity to the railway track and other buildings.

Message on postcard reads - February 26th, 1908 - Dear Uncle Bertie - I got your postal a week or two age was glad to get it. I am sending your latest picture of you and you know who else. Isn't it all right. When are you coming back again. Will stop for this time. Bye Bye, from B. B.

Addressed to - Mr. G. B. McIntosh / Snug Cove / Bowen Island / B.C.

This was most likely - George William "Bertie" McIntosh
(b. 11 July 1887 in Prescott and Russell United Counties, Ontario, Canada - d. 7 October 1962 (aged 75) in Vancouver, Greater Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada) - LINK to his death certificate - search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/01... and newspaper obituary - www.newspapers.com/clip/122531567/obituary-for-william-ge...

His son - George Buchan McIntosh
(b. 3 June 1923 in Vancouver, British Columbia - d. 13 August 2000 at age 77 in Bowen Island, British Columbia) - LINK to his death certificate - search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/18...

SNUG COVE is a community on the east coast of Bowen Island, British Columbia, opposite Horseshoe Bay. The island is 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) wide by 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) long and 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) west of the mainland, and has a population of around 3,700 people. Snug Cove is home to the Union Steamship Marina, capable of berthing craft up to 200 feet long. The Company ran a busy resort at Snug Cove for much of the 20th century. Day trips regularly ferried people over to Snug Cove for concerts in the band shell, with refreshments being available in the company tearooms and company outings to various picnic grounds. BC Ferries' Bowen Island ferry route to Horseshoe Bay docks there. Snug Cove was one of the main locations for the 2019-2021 Netflix series Virgin River, set in a fictional Northern California town of 600 people.

Taken on: April 8, 2023

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