DCHP-3

inland packet

Fur Trade, Hist.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a party of special messengers travelling light by foot, canoe, or dog team and entrusted with conveying messages, correspondence, and other documents between posts; also, the system of employing such messengers.

See: express(def. 1)

Quotations

1931
For years voyageurs had been used to carry the mail from the interior posts to Canada, and from one post to another. Even more famous was the "Inland Packet" . . . perilous and lonely enterprises.