The Lakeside Hotel, Coryell MI 1911
Les Chencaux Islands
Proprietors of this hotel were Mrs. Eva D. McBain & Son. If you will also notice, she served as postmaster from
June 11, 1915 to May 13, 1927, when Ralph S. McBain served as postmaster from May 13, 1927 to April 30, 1958.
I am assuming Ralph was Eva's husband or son? Anyways they kept it in the family.
I have no records as to who took over when it became a rural contract station of Cedarville.
Normally when it becames a contract status one is no longer a postmaster and does
not get paid as such. Whoever takes over gets very little money for running it. My guess is that
the post office and contract post office was in the Lakeside Hotel. It would make sense,
as the post office was a summer operation only and so was the hotel.
(FYI) - The Coryell Post Office was established on August 25, 1908 with John Coryell as its first postmaster.
It discontinued operation January 15, 1913 and was reestablished on June 11, 1915 with Eva D. McBain as postmaster.
Name changed to Coryell Islands on November 16, 1925.
Ralph S. McBain became postmaster May 13, 1927 to April 30, 1958, on this date it became a Contract Rural
Station of the Cedarville Post Office. On February 10, 1966, it became a Contract Branch of the Cedarville Post
Office. It finally discontinued operation, along with zip code 49719 on June 16, 1974; with mail service from Cedarville.
(Information and photo from Paul Petosky)
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