DCHP-3

winter packet

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

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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the winter mail and mail delivery; the mail carried by the winter express.

Quotations

1831
. . . our Winter Packet being now preparing to Travell on to your Quarter, I will not let it go without acknowledging the receipt of your friendly espistle.
1850
. . . the winter packet arrived and I received your instructions respecting the establishment of an Indian party on the Coppermine. . . .
1938
The subject is, "The Winter Packet from York Factory Arriving at Fort Garry."
1954
Mail came in twice a year, once in summer with the York boat brigade which brought in the supplies and once in winter with dog teams which carried letters only. The "winter packet," as it was called, left Fort Garry early in the winter.