Post by jamesw on Jan 2, 2017 15:44:38 GMT
Hi all, and happy new year!
I'm trying to pin down some of these stampless cover I acquired a couple of months ago, in terms of their postal rates. That means I need to know distances between locations. Now, that's easy with my good friend google, who will give me mileage over modern routes.
But I'm wondering about distances in the 1840s. Particularly I'm looking at from Toronto to Bytown (Ottawa). I believe the Rideau Canal was operating by the 1840s, and some mail travelled on that from Bytown to Kingston, so that helps some.
But if I could find a source, it would be helpful for future research as well. I've been looking on the inter-web, BNAPS and in my back issues of PHSC Journal, but not finding much, apart from the Rideau info.
So, the short version of the question is, do any of you have information or sources to determine postal routes in Upper (and Lower for that matter) Canada during that time period?
Any and all help is appreciated.
As an old girlfriend of mine used to say, 'Ciao for now!'
I'm trying to pin down some of these stampless cover I acquired a couple of months ago, in terms of their postal rates. That means I need to know distances between locations. Now, that's easy with my good friend google, who will give me mileage over modern routes.
But I'm wondering about distances in the 1840s. Particularly I'm looking at from Toronto to Bytown (Ottawa). I believe the Rideau Canal was operating by the 1840s, and some mail travelled on that from Bytown to Kingston, so that helps some.
But if I could find a source, it would be helpful for future research as well. I've been looking on the inter-web, BNAPS and in my back issues of PHSC Journal, but not finding much, apart from the Rideau info.
So, the short version of the question is, do any of you have information or sources to determine postal routes in Upper (and Lower for that matter) Canada during that time period?
Any and all help is appreciated.
As an old girlfriend of mine used to say, 'Ciao for now!'