Heritage Photos   /  TM-SPHA Special Places - Highlights #1 9. Post Offices Lyleton Post Office closed recently. Pioneer cabin and first Melgund Post Office Route map for mail delivery - ca. 1884. Applications to the federal government for a post office generally followed quickly after the settlement of a new region. The name Melgund first appears as a Post Office opened in 1882 in the home of area pioneer W.J. Higgins a few kilometres southwest of Hartney. As towns were established the office might be located in a store or other business. Eventually federally-build structures following a selection of plans appeared. http://vantagepoints.ca/stories/melgund-village/