Carberry PO - R0K 0H0
Posted by: PeterNoG
N 49° 52.135 W 099° 21.536
14U E 474206 N 5524118
This nice rural Post Office is on Main St at 2nd Ave in Carberry, Manitoba.
Waymark Code: WMCD49
Location: Manitoba, Canada
Date Posted: 08/24/2011
Views: 4
Some info extracted from
Wikipedia:
With a population of 1502, Carberry is the largest town in the Rural Municipality of North Cypress.
Carberry began almost instantaneously in 1882, when Canadian Pacific Railway officials moved the train station in the middle of the night from De Winton, 3.5 km (2.2 miles) away, in less than 12 hours using 100 specially-hired men.
A local plant owned by McCain Foods makes various potato products, and is a major supplier for McDonald's Restaurants in Canada and the United States.
Spruce Woods Provincial Park and the Spirit Sands Desert are located 20 kilometres (12.4 miles) south of Carberry on Highway 5.