Kootenay (Wild
Horse) Post Office
Established soon
after the goldrush, the post office was one of the longest standing institutions
and a government presence at Wild Horse Creek. While mail routes to Wild
Horse Creek could often be long and circuitous, mail supply to a frontier
was promoted as a guaranteed service in the BC colony.
Always encouraged
to follow a Canadian route through the mountains, the mail carrier might
often need a month's time to deliver a letter from the coast through to
Wild Horse Creek. The route Although the advent of the Dewdney trail at
first helped to speed up mail delivery, the trail soon fell into disrepair
in sections and mail delivery was once more slow.
As the official post
office for the region, the Kootenay Post Office remained central to the
district until its duties were usurped by the post office located in Griffith's
store further up the valley. At that time the building fell into disuse
and was reclaimed by the forest as were so many other Wild Horse buildings.
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