Downtown Vancouver Post Office

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. One morning, while a little boy waited for his dad outside the post office, he noticed something peculiar: every time someone dropped off a package, a small brown bird would fly out from behind the counter and chirp excitedly before perching on the nearest letterbox. Soon enough, everyone in town started talking about the mysterious bird. One day, an old lady dropped off her Christmas cards, and the bird sang so joyfully that it accidentally knocked over a stack of envelopes. A delivery driver rushed forward to help, but the bird just kept chirping away, scattering letters everywhere. By the end of the chaos, the whole neighborhood gathered around laughing, realizing that maybe this wasn’t such a bad thing after all.

2. Late one night, as a delivery driver prepared to leave the post office, he heard an odd humming sound coming from inside the mail sorting room. Curious, he peered inside and saw a small envelope moving on its own, slowly gliding across the sorting table. Startled, he called out, ‘Who’s there?’ A voice replied softly, ‘Just your friendly neighborhood letter carrier.’ The delivery driver laughed it off, but when he looked again, the room was empty—except for a note on the counter: “Next time, try the evening shift.”

3. Late one night, as a delivery driver prepared to leave the post office, he noticed an unusual shadow darting between mailboxes. Curious, he followed it into an alleyway and found himself face-to-face with a neighborhood cat, who seemed equally startled. The delivery driver scratched the cat behind its ears, earning him a grateful purr. From then on, whenever anyone mentioned ghosts in the post office, everyone just smiled and said, ‘Oh, that’s just our friendly neighborhood feline.’

4. Late one night, as a delivery driver prepared to leave the post office, he overheard an old lady muttering something strange near the mailboxes. Curious, the driver approached and heard her whispering, ‘Dear Santa, please bring me my long-lost love letter.’ Turns out she was just talking to herself, but it gave him a good laugh on his way home. The next day, everyone in the neighborhood teased her gently about her little Christmas wish.