Gooseberry Island, Newfoundland and Labrador
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Gooseberry Island was a settlement of about nine families in 1864 in the Bonavista
area. The first Waymaster was Charles Harris but the Way Office closed in 1873. and reopened in 1882 at which time it became a Post Office and the first Postmaster was Ambrose Janes.
Bonavista, Newfoundland and Labrador
Bonavista is a town on the Bonavista Peninsula, Newfoundland in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. Unlike many Newfoundland coastal settlements, Bonavista was built on an open plain, not in a steep cove, and thus had room to expand to its current area of 31.5 square...
area. The first Waymaster was Charles Harris but the Way Office closed in 1873. and reopened in 1882 at which time it became a Post Office and the first Postmaster was Ambrose Janes.