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To: Mrs. Helen McCartney Fran: L . .x'. R. “.5 f 1.. f, Wiarton, Ontario ,,- ., A Histor of R. R. Hiarton I took over the contract from Fred Ac?annel. k: that 1 -r '- about no boxes on the mail route. The first 621' ea: a' ’23 and the last box was Clifford Gilbert's. On the Cape Croker reserve, the route Followed ": 231- :1;â€" Coveney's hill to the Little Port Elfiin ee~tior, art.<“ where Tom Jones' and Lennox Johnston's stores acre. :rZ” went around the block east the Agent's house, 7’4 Latt'I i out to Sydney Bay, then across the lite sicerzer to '-w ;' McCartney’s and Gilbert's. In the winter I was given permission to reverze the r~.'e re'e. the Sydney Bay hill. At the time I took over the mail contract, :fifi 'w snowplowed but there was no plowing done on :<=' was Indian agent at that time and he assuree 3. he would have the Cape roads plowed. Rut win? so I rented a horse and cutter from Dalton Irisgt and 5:7: :- :- McLean's. Between the agent and myself, we finale: :irzi ; tâ€"- to keep the main roads on the Reserve open. The last day I used the horse, I was trying :3 gs: to Clayton Urbshott's and the cutter caught on sasrtn l: walked through the harness. I had to go to Art defifis' :~ The Reserve finally purchased a grader and plow with tze ;= ~ operate it and from then on, conditions imDroved bath win The roads were narrower then and when it was snawinr a54 3;?Lf' bility was nil at times with snow blowing over the hire Eatae. brother. Leonard, would ride with me on very bad days 316 F: 171: ahead of the truck so I would know where the road was. ihet nit: blocked sections of road in winter and flooding in the srrifii, i'€“~ was a lot of detouring and backtracxing to do. On June 15, 1960, an extension was added to the radtfi, Tris :3: " of Colpoy out the north shore of Colpoy's Bay. At :35: tin:. i, ’7: 'u' for only three months, now it is year round. a..â€" ffidbgavL /