Post Office
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This post office opened just six years after Whitefish Point was settled in 1871 as a landing for the then-abundant lumber supplies and as a commercial fishery. Permanent residents received their mail from Sault Ste. Marie. During the summer months, mail was delivered by boat three times a week. In severe winter weather, dog teams hauled the mail twice a month.
In service for nearly a century, this post office provides a link with days before lumbermen cut down tall stands of pine trees. The office here ceased operations in 1973.
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