Receiving mail at Tagish Post, ca. 1898

• Main Author: Hegg, E.A. (Eric A.)
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Subjects: Crowds; Gold rushes; Postal service; Hegg; Tagish; White Pass; Yukon
• Online Access: http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/imlsmohai/id/6981

Mail from outside was usually the gold seekers' only link with home. It generally took over three months to get an answer to a letter sent to the eastern and central United States. Before 1901, the mail was carried by the Northwest Mounted Police. Regardless of the weather, miners often waited in line for the mail This 1898 photo by Eric Hegg shows the mail delivery at Tagish, British Columbia. Tagish, yet another site of gold strikes, is located northeast of White Pass, east of Lake Bennett. Original photograph: Hegg, E.A., ca. 1898. Copied after 1975 by the Museum of History and Industry. 1 negative: safety film negatives, b&w; 4 x 5 in.