Postal Service National Historic Event
Montréal, Quebec
Postal Service
(© none)
Address :
1015 Saint-Jacques Street, Montréal, Quebec
Recognition Statute:
Historic Sites and Monuments Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. H-4)
Designation Date:
1927-05-19
Other Name(s):
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Postal Service
(Designation Name)
Importance:
First courier service from Montréal to Québec in 1693, regular service in 1763
Plaque(s)
Existing plaque: 1015 Saint-Jacques Street, Montréal, Quebec
From 1693 couriers, the first known of whom was Pierre DaSilva, called the Portuguese, carried the mail between Quebec and Montreal.
In 1763 Benjamin Franklin, then deputy postmaster general in North America, established the first organized postal service in Canada.