DCHP-3

bush mail

North
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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1942
One of the most interesting laws requires a traveller to carry the bush mail, either to its destination, or as far along the route as the traveller may be going. When a hunter wishes to send a letter, he writes it on a piece of birch bark or paper and mails it by slipping it into a cleft stick, which he thrusts into the ground alongside a fairly well frequented trail.