Post Office

Post Office

  • Wellington Station Post Office opened in 1883;
  • The village post office operated in private homes and in the Arsenault &Gaudet store until it was moved to the old Nelson Building which once stood on the site of the present-day Post Office;
  • In the early years, mail arrived on the evening train from Summerside, was sorted by the Postmaster, and was ready for delivery when residents and rural mail carriers arrived the next morning; and
  • The list of Wellington Postmasters includes: Fidèle J. Arsenault, Stanislaus Blanchard, John A. Arsenault, William Barlow, Augustus Gallant, Archie Gaudet, Gordon Gaudet, Ernest Gallant, Fidèle C. Gallant, Robert Gallant, Marcia Arsenault, and Sandra Arsenault.

 

Wellington Post Office in 2017

Wellington Post Office in 2017