Share via Share via... Twitter Facebook Pinterest × Table of Contents Smithers Smithers BC Town named after: Post Office History Postmasters Bios and Genealogy Smithers Smithers, British Columbia, Canada Smithers BC Established Oct 13, 1913 1921- Incorporated as a Village 1967- Incorporated as a Town Latitude- 54º 46' 45“ N, Longitude-127º 10' 34” W Mile 226.5 Lot 5289, Range 5, Coast District. Became 2nd Divisional Point on the GTP Railroad, East of Rupert. Elevation- 1631 ft above sea level About 9 miles from Telkwa and Aldermere 1519.6 miles from Winnipeg Aug 1913, Townsite lots went up for sale, by Agents, Aldous and Murray, Hazelton BC Town named after: Sir Alfred Waldron Smithers, M.P. Chairman, Grand Trunk Railway Company of Canada, 1910-1921. 1927. Item. R231-2267-6-E. Credit: Library and Archives Canada Sir Alfred Waldron Smithers b- Oct 4,1850 Brixton, Surrey, England d- Aug 22, 1924 Knockholt, Kent, England son of william Henry Smithers and Emma Turner Post Office History Smithers Skeena Electoral District Established Oct 13, 1913 Name of Postmaster Date of Appointment Date of Vacancy Cause of Vacancy Joseph Mason Adams (see below) 1913-10-13 1914-12-07 Resignation Thomas Thompson Dunlop 1915-02-01 1917-05-22 Resignation Joseph Mason Adams (see below) 1917-06-15 1928-03-06 Resignation Norman Herbert Kilpatrick 1928-08-01 1963-02-16 Retirement Walter Stirrup Lee 1963-02-17 Walter Stirrup Lee 1963-02-17 Acting This reproduction is NOT represented as an official version of the materials reproduced, nor as having been made in affiliation with, or with the endorsement of the National Archives of Canada. The source of this material is the National Archives of Canada Postmasters Bios and Genealogy First and 3rd Postmaster Joseph Mason Adams b- May 18, 1878, Drayton, Wellington, ON (age 31 in 1909) d- 1937 Del Mar, CA son of John Quincy Adams and Sarah Ellen Wales married Bertha Louise Cooley, Oct 5, 1909 St. James Church, Victoria BC b- Toronto ON (age 26, in 1909) daughter of Henry Cooley and Laura Eliza Thomas Mason was living in Edmonton when they married. His occupation was druggist. see my Telkwa page for more info on him Thomas Thompson Dunlop b- Aug 1879 in Scotland d- May 15, 1924 in Smithers BC, age 46 immigrated in 1895 1911 shown as Asst. Supt. Railroad const. at Sealy-Sealey-Seeley married Margaret Ellen McLoughlin Sept 7, 1910, in Vancouver BC b- Apr 25, 1878 in Chatham, ON d- Nov 9, 1947 in Smithers BC Buried in Smithers Cemetery daughter of Robert Joseph McLoughlin and Margaret Power both born in ON They had at least one son Norman Herbert Kilpatrick b-Feb 17, 1896, Emsdale ON d- Dec 27, 1968 in Smithers, age 72 Buried in Masonic Cemetery in Smithers Served in WWI son of Allen Kilpatrick, b- Scotland and Eliza Ann Usher, b- Ireland married Jean Christina Grant Apr 28, 1923 in Smithers b- USA daughter of William Grant and Jean Angus, both b- Scotland Smithers is a larger town in the area, with their own Museum, so I am not going to add anymore information here. There are many books about the history there, and no point in doing research twice. Links below will take you to their pages External Web Links Bulkley Valley Museum in Smithers http://bvmuseum.com/ Contact Kelly Guenter, a volunteer at the Museum, for more info. Note- They now have a great picture of Sir Alfred Smithers on display Official Town of Smithers Page http://www.smithers.ca/ © Last modified: 2018/02/12 22:14by dlgent Log In