Morrissey Mines
| Feature Type: | Former Post Office - Post Office now closed or renamed. |
| Status: | Not official |
| Relative Location: | Mouth of Morrissey Creek, 2 miles S of Morrissey (locality), S of Fernie, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°21'14"N, 115°00'18"W at the approximate population centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82G/6 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Both CPR and GNR maintained depots here, on the east and west sides of the Elk River, respectively. Morrissey Mines Post Office was opened 1 May 1903, located about 3 miles up Morrissey Creek on the GNR spur; renamed Tonkin Post Office 1 October 1903. At the same time, 1 October 1903, another Morrissey Mines Post Office was opened about 1 mile above the mouth of Morrissey Creek (on CPR track ?); closed 23 November 1905. Morrissey Mines (settlement and station on CPR) labelled on BC map 1EM, 1915 & 1930. Mine closed in 1948; station not listed in CPR timetables after 1948. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |