Mail courier.

all the mail to Georgetown and it was then moved by rail to Cardigan. With

the coming of the railway, Cardigan became a mail-distribution centre.

In 1960, the train service ceased and the courier service was reinstated. In 1914-1915 rural routes from the Cardigan Post Office were started, thereby eliminating some of the smaller community post offices. Over the years, many drivers have served the rural routes and faced snow-blocked roads in winter and nearly impaSsable muddy roads in the spring and fall. Several

mail couriers used horse and wagon until very recent years. Some drivers for the Cardigan Rural Routes were:

RR#1

Dan Foley

Eddie Fitzpatrick Joe MacCormack John Moran

Steve Livingston Anthony MacLellan Dot MacAulay

RR#4

Henry Craswell John A. Webster Jack MacAulay Walter Myers Urban Sullivan

RR#2

Jim Harris John G. MacIntyre James A. MacDonald

RR#5

Austin McGillivary Jack MacAulay

John A. Webster

Carl Webster

John Webster (Sr.) Jack Shephard James A. MacDonald

Carl Webster Marina Myers

RR#3

Joachim Sullivan Edmund & Billy Walsh Cornelius Ryan Urban Sullivan

Jack MacAulay Raymond Shaw

RR#6

Anthony MacLellan Dan R. MacSwain Austin MacNeil John MacDonald George Gallant

Gerald MacDonald was postmaster of Cardigan for 46 years.

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