There's something very special about a post office in a faraway place. It's a link to someone else;…read morean unseen string that connects you to them with nothing more than a few strokes of the pen, and a stamp. It also seems like a connection to a different time; a bygone era when we chose paper over pixels, cute cards over keyboards, and real connection over virtual reality. Perhaps today, as our society currently sits in isolation, a post office feels a little less distant in the past. Yes, a post office is a place where you send and pick up greetings from afar, and for a just a moment, that stamp connects your minds and hearts. Maybe you send a postcard from a trip. Maybe it's a letter from an overseas assignment. Or maybe it's a birthday card, painted with beautiful daffodils, or daisies, or dahlias; just to tell someone that you're thinking of them, you're glad they're doing well, and to wish them the very happiest of everythings. Yes, this post office has all of that charm. Located on "20 Jack and Jill Place," you couldn't ask for a more picturesque place. Perched on the incline headed out of Deer Harbor on Orcas Island, it houses just a few PO Boxes for this tiny community. There are three post offices on the island, actually, and it says something about my affinity for snail mail that I've been into two of them, and been by the third. I actually use the one right up the road from the ferry most often, as I sometimes send cards to friends on my way off the island. Especially today, I'm thinking about this post office and that connection it makes between two people.

The San Juan islands are really a special treat in the heart of north west Washington. I took a…read moreferry, as you must, to get to Deer Harbor. After a slow and winding drive through the hills and valleys, I ended up at the post office. This office sits up on a hill overlooking the street below. It is across the street from which appeared to be a market or maybe a tavern. There really isn't any parking here and the hill is quite steep. The post office itself is really cute and well maintained and the workers are really friendly. They kind if give off a small town feel but it's to be expected from the people that live on the island. Really friendly.

Good easy friendly partners. Very helpful. Great new space. Open on Saturday. Cheersread more

Post San Juan is my life saver on the Island! We decided to spend most of our summer at our cabin…read morehere to avoid Covid in Seattle, but we're located a ways out of town with no regular mail delivery. I've been able to receive mail and shipments of all size - tiny to huge ( exercise equipment!) and they've made it simple. For what I consider a small annual fee, they provide a great service.

Staff is very friendly and helpful! We have used them to receive Amazon packages and also rented a…read moremailbox there.

I am specifically reviewing their notary services on behalf of my dad…read more My 70-year-old dad recently got in a minor car accident and is having to deal with insurance. His car was paid off so they ended up totaling it and he's now navigating the process of paperwork. He was unsure how to fill out his paperwork, and I guess brought the papers into the notary blank. She very kindly helped him through the process of filling out the paperwork, getting it notarized and getting it mailed off. I appreciate her kindness immensely and wanted to make sure it was acknowledged. My dads words: "Everything went well... The person was very nice and experienced... Explained everything and helped me fill out papers... The lady helping me was the Notary and knew all about what I had to do... She even knew how the mailing label was supposed to work... I was happy with the service..." So if anyone is looking for a notary on island this sounds like the lady you want to have helping you!

Wonderful, friendly little post office. I'm so grateful for all their help!read more

This post office is filled with friendly, knowledgeable staff who are very patient and nice. There…read moreare a lot of terrible post offices out there, but this is one of the good ones! They carry a wide range of sizes of Priority Mail packaging (free) as well as a variety of the shipping supplies that you can purchase. If you need to mail something while you are on the island, they can make it happen!

Miss the days of yesteryear when a post office really meant something? When it wasn't an industrial…read morebuilding made for efficiency instead of a quaint fixture in a small town? Well, there are still thousands of adorable little buildings that dot the landscape and remind us of a simpler time when the mail was such a form of entertainment and interest. And one of them is right here on Orcas Island. Have a card to send? A postcard to make people jealous? This is your stop. I wanted to send some cards from the island and so I popped them in the box here before boarding the ferry. You can walk while you're waiting for the ferry to dock; it's just outside the normal Orcas Village development. This building was also the first one I saw when I arrived. It was dark, and as I exited the dock my headlights registered Post Office. It seems a lovely sentinel to a simpler way of life and a slower time--the things that island life represent. Unfortunately, I didn't have time to go into the building, but I they drive up box is convenient. They have a few parking places there as well, if you're driving in. Cute, and perfect.

Great service very helpful. No wonder you have so few comments, four words would do. I hope in the…read morefuture you can find a way to reduce the number of character needed to tell you how good you are. I have always liked the service I have received.

I was very impressed by how nice all the employees are here. Very unusual for a post office these…read moredays because all one is typically met with is a ration of bad attitude. Oh yeah, you can yelp them as much as you want and nothing changes because they don't care how they treat you. They have job security so they can bring all their negative baggage to work. But my experience here left me wishing I had more items to mail.

If you call you will not get through to anything. The selections don't even work correctly and the…read moreautomated voice glitches and it barely picks up what you respond with

I've been waiting for a package since the 15th it is now the 19th this is not the first time this…read morehappened here. I'm at my wits end with this place about to get. Apo box elsweare just so I can get my packages on time for once

I love this Post office because all the staff are kind, friendlly and very helpful. I make many…read morecopies for my work and it always goes smoothly. I wont go anywhere else Elizabeth Stanton ,MA, LMHC

I have now experienced three years of welcoming, competent service from Fairhaven Post and Parcel…read more I have had numerous challenging postal issues and Kaitlyn always knows the best way to send my time sensitive mail and checks. The staff is friendly and I look forward to the warm welcome I receive. Fairhaven Post and Parcel has it all!

Recommend avoiding this branch in favor of the one in Oak Bay. Two important birthday cards (with…read morenothing but cardboard, paper, and a sticker in them) were mailed from here and took weeks to arrive, getting there after the occasion. We came early, gave no special instructions, and offered to answer any questions or use any service needed. Told both were fine and would arrive early. One card was even returned to us for unclear reasons and we then had to pay a $30 express fee to try and get it there within the time remaining. Leaving two stars out of consideration that it was a unique mistake, but won't be using them again.

This is my first bad experience with canada post, ordered from a website in Canada and it was…read moreexpected to arrive the day I'm writing this review, it says my package is in customs when it should not be, it was three days ago since they sent it to customs at the border. And their customer service wasn't good either, they didn't answer my question at all. Like I said first bad experience but it was en to make me feel enraged.