Share via Share via... Twitter Facebook Pinterest × Table of Contents Northgate Customs School Northgate Post Office Postmaster Bio and Genealogy War Memorial Hill of the Murdered Scout- Scout Hill Northgate Northgate, Saskatchewan, Canada Located on the North side of the US/Canada Border, just East of Saskatchewan Highway #9 Referred to as Northport on some maps On Section 6, Township 1, Range 2, West of the 2nd Meridian Latitude- 49° 00' 00“ N Longitude- 102° 16' 02” W 1841 ft elevation Part of RM of Enniskillen #3 which was named after a place in Northern Ireland Map of Kopperud Church and Mellom farm, with coalmine area shown Part of My Dad's 1927 Map showing Northgate Northgate came into being with the coming of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railroad Oct 14, 1913, connecting Northgate to Regina SK., see below Northgate at various times in it's history, hosted a Post Office, Grocery Store, Customs and Immigration Offices, Railway Station, Train Round House, Railway repair shops, Quarantine Barn, and Pens, a School, a Hotel, and of course homes. I remember the store, as in the mid 60's, I was a swamper on the Grundeen Creamery delivery truck from Estevan. Northgate store was our 2nd last stop. North Portal was our last stop before heading back to Estevan. This was a full day delivery, from before dusk, to after dark. First Junior Red Cross Society in the World was created here Oct 7, 1915. Customs CBSA Agency, Canada Customs Office #613, at Northgate http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/do-rb/offices-bureaux/620-eng.html US Customs- https://www.cbp.gov/contact/ports/northgate Links above are not My Sites, links may or not work in the future School Northgate School District #4006 Northgate Post Office Locations of the Post Office: SE 1/4 Sec.6, Twp.1, R.2, W2 Sec.6, Twp.1, R.2, W2 - 1914-07-01 Store Federal Electoral District: Moose Mountain (Saskatchewan) Opened July 1, 1914 Post Master History Name of Postmaster Military Status Date of Birth Date of Appointment Date of Vacancy Cause of Vacancy Henry Edward Hinsvark (see below) July 1873 1914-07-01 1919-06-16 Resignation Mrs. H. C. Thompson 1919-07-30 1929-06-08 Resignation Mrs. Eva Caroline Lees 1880 1929-09-25 1931-07-13 Resignation Miss Freda Winnifred Robertson 1931-12-09 1934-01-31 Resignation Mrs. Freda Winnifred Swenson (Re-appointed) 1934-05-30 1940-08-10 Resignation Mrs. Merle Virginia Robertson 1940-09-08 Acting - “ 1940-10-04 1943-01-22 Resignation Mrs. Annie Junas 1943-01-31 Acting - ” 1943-03-12 1943-11-08 Resignation Mrs. Ethel Geraldine Olsen 1943-11-23 Acting - “ 1944-02-24 1945-10-25 Resignation Dalbert Harold Friedrick 1945-10-31 Acting - ” 1946-04-18 1977-07-01 Retirement Mrs. Linda D. Jones 1977-07-01 - - Miss Agnes Mygaard ? ? Cancelled Miss Ethel Williams ? ? Source- Library and Archives Canada This reproduction is not represented as an official version of the material reproduced or as having been made in affiliation with, or with the endorsement of, Library and Archives Canada Postmaster Bio and Genealogy Henry Edward Hinsvark First Postmaster b- July 1873 in Decorah, Iowa, USA, d- Dec 3, 1930 Santa Rosa, Sonoma, CA, Buried in Bethlehem Lutheran Cemetery, Santa Rosa CA. Immigrating to Canada in 1903 Shown as Pumpman in 1919 in Northgate, heading to Clear Lake, SD to visit his father Moved back to US in 1921 Norwegian nationality, Lutheran, Occupation Farmer in 1911 married Marie “Mary” C. Hinsvark, nee Stockstad 1902 b- Aug 1882 in Maine USA d- bef 1930 children, Simone, Bernice, Louisa, and a son, Marian June Johnson Top of map shown, is West, North is right side of page Street names assigned: North-South from Railway Ave East Canada Ave. Northern Ave. Western Ave. Prairie Ave. Pacific Ave. Dakota Ave School/ Public land in the middle East-West from South side Boundary St (Actual Canada American Border, South is USA, North is Canada All streets below surveyed in Canada) King St. Centre St. Queen St. Saskatchewan St. War Memorial Sgt Alfred Perry Larson presumed dead Aug 1943, son of Knut Larson, Northgate SK. Hill of the Murdered Scout- Scout Hill Scout Hill History and Map Located on the Grand Trunk Railroad / CNR / Regina-Boundary Branch Line GTPR Regina Boundary Branch Line External Links- Note- NOT my sites 1920 era Cummins Map showing land owners http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~canmaps/Cummins/Map2/Map-2-East.html Originally Created Jan 28, 2015 © Last modified: 2017/11/05 22:49by dlgent Log In