Union Bay Historical Society
Sep 03, 2019
3 minutes
Mark Forsythe photo
Mark Forsythe photo
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It’s the elegant star of Union Bay. A maroon coloured, three-storey Canada Post building occupies the heart of this coastal Vancouver Island village — and its citizens. When Public Works
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Canada decided to close and tear down the post office in the late 1980s, residents quickly formed a historical society, bought the building for $50,000 in 1993, and raised another $170,000 to restore it. The Society leased part of the first floor back to Canada Post to help cover ongoing maintenance costs.
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