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 RR #2 RR #3 Dan Foley Eddie Fitzpatrick Joe MacCormack John Moran Steve Livingston Anthony MacLellan Dot MacAulay RR #4 Jim Harris John G. Maclntyre James A. MacDonald RR#5 Joachim Sullivan Edmund & Billy Walsh Cornelius Ryan Urban Sullivan Jack MacAulay Raymond Shaw RR #6 Henry Craswell John A. Webster Jack MacAulay Walter Myers Urban Sullivan Austin McGillivary Jack MacAulay John A. Webster Carl Webster John Webster (Sr.) Jack Shephard James A. MacDonald Carl Webster Marina Myers Anthony MacLellan Dan R. MacSwain Austin MacNeil John MacDonald George Gallant Gerald MacDonald was postmaster of Cardigan for 46 years.