Books of Interest
Bowley, Robert - History of the Post: Smith Township - STHS (1990) ISBN 0-9692428-2-4
https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/postal-heritage-philately/post-offices-postmasters/Pages/post-offices-postmasters.aspx lists all post offices in Canada, their dates of operation, and their post masters. Unfortunately it does not give exact location. The information below is from various sources.
Post Offices
Allandale Mills (1860 May 1 - 1872 Jul 1) Renamed Lang, Otonabee Twp L18
Anstruther Lake (1967 Jul 3 - 1969 Aug 30)
Ashburnham (1859 Jan 1 - 1874 Mar 1)
Asphodel (1836 Jan 6 - 1861 Jul 1) Renamed Westwood
Boschink (1915 Jul 1 - 1916 Jan 5) This apparently was in Dummer Twp. Boschink is a narrows on Stony Lake.
Bridgenorth (1854 Jan 1 - date)
Brownton (1912 May 1 - 1923 Nov 30) Formerly Byersville, in North Monaghan Twp.
Buckhorn (1941 May 23 - date) Formerly Halls Bridge
Burleigh (1864 Aug 1 - 1872 Dec 1,
1873 Apr 1 - 1924 Jul 31)
Byersville (1908 Jun 1 - 1912 May 1) Renamed Brownton, in North Monaghan Twp
Catchacoma (1902 Oct 1 - date) Formerly Stratton. Cavendish Twp. Summer Office from 1929.
Chase Corners (1905 Jun 1 - 1924 Dec 29) Belmont Twp
Chemong (1899 Jan 1 - 1904 Oct 1) Renamed Curve Lake
Clanricarde (1882 Jul 1 - 1948 Oct 30) Anstruther Twp
Claraday (1910 May 1 - 1950 Mar 15) Renamed Peterborough Sub #7. Was in North Monaghan Twp.
Clarina (1898 Aug 1 - 1969 Sep 12) Formerly Stony Lake. Dummer Twp C8 L32
Cottesloe (1886 Jan 1 - 1912 Nov 29) In Dummer Twp.
Crawford’s Grove (1923 Mar 1 - 1950 Jul 1) Renamed Peterborough - Crawfords Grove.
North Monaghan Twp, C11 L63.
Curve Lake (1904 Oct 1 - date) Formerly Chemong. Smith Twp
Douro (1890 Jun 1 - date) Formerly South Douro
Downer Corners (1908 Jun 1 - 1912 Nov 25) Otonabee Twp
Drummond Station (1907 Mar 25 - 1912 Dec 27) Otonabee Twp
Ennismore (1859 Nov 1 - date) Ennismore Twp
Ewan (1894 Jul 1 - 1946 May 31) Galway Twp
Fortesque (1891 Jul 1 - 1945 Oct 31,
1946 Sep 16 - 1946 Sep 30) Summer Office, Cavandish Twp C18 L5
Fowler’s Corners (1876 Jul 1 - 1938 Oct 31) Smith Twp
Galena (1874 Apr 1 - 1874 Jun 1) Formerly Galway, renamed Silver Lake, Galway Twp
Galway (1859 Apr 1 - 1874 Apr 1) Renamed Galena, Galway Twp
Galesburg (1904 Feb 1 - 1918 Aug 31) Douro Twp
Gilchrist Bay (1947 Aug 14 - 1969 Sep 30,
summers only) Dummer Twp C6 L29
Graystock (1868 Dec 1 - 1912 Nov 25) Otonabee Twp C12 and 16th sideroad
Guerin (1904 Sep 1 - 1912 Nov 25) Formerly Indian River, Douro Twp
Halls Bridge (1860 Nov 1 - 1941 May 23) Renamed Buckhorn, Harvey Twp
Hiawatha (1861 Jan 1 - 1916 Oct 30) Otonabee Twp C11
Holcomb (1864 Apr 1 - 1868 Aug 1) Location unknown. Could be Hastings Co.
Indian River (1868 Sep 1 - 1871 Sep 1,
1873 Sep 1 - 1878 Aug 1,
1879 Feb 1 - 1904 Sep 1 Renamed Guerin, Douro Twp C3 L29
Indian River (1904 Sep 1 - date) Formerly Otonabee. Otonabee Twp
Indian River Station (1889 Aug 1 - 1895 Dec 1) Renamed Otonabee, Otonabee Twp
Jermyn (1885 Mar 1 - 1913 Dec 1) Otonabee Twp
Juniper Island (1891 Jul 1 - 1898 Aug 1) Renamed Stony Lake. Summer office
Juniper Island (1906 Jun 1 - ) Formerly Stony Lake, summer office
Kasshabog Lake (1959 Jun 25 - 1963 Sep 14) Summer office, Belmont Twp
Kawartha Cove (1965 Sep 11 - date) Formerly Kawartha Park, Smith Twp C14 L44
Kawartha Park (1909 Jun 15 - 1965 Sep 11) Renamed Kawartha Cove, Smith Twp C14 L44
but postmarks are known earlier
Keene (1858 Aug 1 - date) Otonabee Twp C7 north of 12th sideroad Formerly Otonabee
Lake (1889 Nov 1 - 1950 Oct 15) Chandos Twp on border with Hastings Co
Lakefield (1875 Nov 1 - date) Formerly North Douro
Lakehurst (1869 Oct 1 - date) Harvey Twp
Lang (1872 Jul 1 - 1954 Oct 30) Formerly Allandale Mills, Otonabee Twp
Lasswade (1876 Apr 1 - 1876 Aug 31 in Methuen Twp,
1885 Jun 1 - 1950 Nov 15 in Chandos Twp)
Loon Lake (1900 Apr 1 - 1912 Aug 31) Chandos Twp
MacDonald Bay (1965 Jun 18 - 1978 Aug 26) Location ukn, but it’s C5 L16
Mathers (1870 Dec 1 - 1872 Mar 31) Otonabee Twp
McCrackens Landing (1915 Jul 15 - date) Summer office since 1923 Jun 15. Dummer Twp
McMartinville (1908 Jun 1 - 1917 Mar 31) Otonabee Twp
Mississauga Landing (1957 Jul 2 - 1968 Sep 13) Summer Office, location ukn
Morrow (1923 Dec 1 - 1925 Aug 8) Location ukn
Mount Irwin (1871 Nov 1 - 1873 Jul 1,
1875 Apr 1 - 1940 Aug 17) Galway Twp C13 L14
Mount Julian (1900 Jun 15 - 1969 Aug 30) summer from 1955. Burleigh Twp
Nassau (1908 Jun 1 - 1908 Dec 31) Douro Twp
Nogies Creek (1905 Nov 1 - 1964 Oct 14) Harvey Twp
North Douro (1856 Jan 1 - 1875 Nov 1) Renamed Lakefield, Douro Twp
Oak Lake (1891 Jan 1 - 1927 Mar 31) Methuen Twp
Otonabee (1832 Apr 6 or earlier - 1858 Aug 1) in Rubidge residence Renamed Keene, Otonabee Twp
Otonabee (1895 Dec 1 - 1904 Sep 1) Formerly Indian River Station. Renamed Indian River. Otonabee Twp
Owenbrook (1906 Aug 1 - 1941 Oct 31) Chandos Twp C7 L28
Peterboro’ (1829 - date)
Point Pleasant (1966 Aug 2 - 1969 Aug 30) Summer Office, location ukn
Preneveau (1884 Apr 1 - 1924 Jan 31) Belmont Twp
Rockcroft (1898 Oct 1 - 1964 Nov 30,
1965 Jun 15 - 1968) Summer Office from 1965, Harvey Twp
Rockdale (1888 Nov 1 - 1912 Dec 23) Belmont Twp
Rose Island (1887 Sep 1 - 1953 Oct 31) Chandos Twp
Round Lake (1873 Sep 1 - 1925 Nov 14,
1927 Apr 1 - 1950 Aug 15) Belmont Twp
Rush Point (1880 Sep 1 - 1918 Jun 30) Belmont Twp
Selwyn (1862 Jan 1 - 1929 Feb 9) Smith Twp C12 and 24th sideroad
Silver Lake (1874 Jun 1 - 1927 Apr 30) Formerly Galena, Galway Twp
South Douro (1856 Sep 1 - 1890 Jun 1) C4 and 6th sideroad Renamed Douro
South Dummer (1857 Oct 1 - 1888 May 1,
1892 Aug 1 - 1895 Oct 1,
1896 Jun 1 - 1915 Aug 31)
Springville (1851 Nov 6 - 1915 Jun 15) West boundary road (now Hwy 28) and C9
Stewart Hall (1910 Nov 1 - 1917 Mar 31) Otonabee Twp
Stony Lake (1873 Sep 1 - 1898 Aug 1) Renamed Clarina, Dummer Twp
Stony Lake (1898 Aug 1 - 1906 Jun 1) Formerly Juniper Island, renamed Juniper Island. Summer office
Stratton (1898 Oct 1 - 1902 Oct 1) Renamed Catchacoma. Cavendish Twp
Union Creek (1908 Oct 1 - 1952 May 17) Galway Twp CA L25
Villiers (1870 Jul 1 - 1914 Aug 31) Otonabee Twp C3 and 15th sideroad
Wallace Point (1908 Jun 1 - 1917 Nov 30) Otonabee Twp
Warsaw (1842 Oct 6 - date) Dummer Twp
Westwood (1861 Jul 1) Formerly Asphodel
Young’s Point (1865 Jan 1 - date) Smith Twp