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Groceries and Mail on a Lighthouse

February 5, 2012BC, Canada, groceries, helicopters, lighthouse, litehouse, mail, McInnes Island, post, Post office, shipsAdult Memories, Coast Guard, Fishing, Groceries & Mail, Helicopters, Lighthouses, Old Website, On The Job, ShipsretlkprLeave a Comment

Some of you may wonder why the number of stories about re-supplying the lighthouses exceeds the others on this site by a large margin (lots more coming!). Next to the family and job, the arrival of the mail and groceries was the most important event in the life of the lightkeeping family. Imagine no telephone, […]

Forward to “Groceries and Mail”

July 21, 2011groceries, lighthouse, litehouse, mail, postGroceries & Mail, Lighthouses, Old WebsiteretlkprLeave a Comment

On my old website I wrote the “forward” below for a serious of stories about our groceries and mail – especially the mail! I’ll reprint it here to emphasize the importance of mail again, even in this day and age of computers. Right now I am staying in a small northern BC town. You should […]