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Mail Delivery by Boat #7888693 06/20/23 08:29 AM 06/20/23 08:29 AM
Joined: Oct 2012 Wisconsin E Eagleye OP trapper
Eagleye OP trapper E Joined: Oct 2012 Wisconsin	There’s a handful of places where mail is still delivered by boat, albeit more tourist oriented than functional today- Lake Geneva, WI has been delivering mail by boat for over 100 years. I took my wife on the mail route tour yesterday for her birthday, we made about 75 mail stops- very enjoyable looking at multimillion dollars homes from the Golden Era of Chicagoland Free Market Capitalism and watching the athleticism of the young mail jumpers. The boat never stops, and we slowed down at one dock that had shallower water and the mail deliver had to run the shoreline up and down docks for over a ½ mile and then jump back on the moving boat. Fun day- here’s a couple picks of some nice cottages if you’re in the market to upgrade your trapper's cabin. We stopped at one dock where a guy was sitting at the end with camo shorts on, throwing the ball in the water for his Lab- based on the house he could be doing whatever he wanted... Nice!

Re: Mail Delivery by Boat [Re: Eagleye] #7888697 06/20/23 08:37 AM 06/20/23 08:37 AM
Joined: Jan 2007 MN 1 160user trapper
160user trapper 1 Joined: Jan 2007 MN	Nice shacks. I have nothing clever to put here.

Re: Mail Delivery by Boat [Re: 160user] #7888701 06/20/23 08:46 AM 06/20/23 08:46 AM
Joined: Jan 2007 MD D DaveP trapper
DaveP trapper D Joined: Jan 2007 MD	Originally Posted by 160user Nice shacks. Little fancier than.one closer to me, lol. Has a " school.boat" too, lol. Last edited by DaveP; 06/20/23 09:13 AM.

Re: Mail Delivery by Boat [Re: Eagleye] #7888716 06/20/23 09:09 AM 06/20/23 09:09 AM
Joined: Dec 2006 Minnesota 330-Trapper trapper
330-Trapper trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Minnesota	Cool, Thanks for the Story and photos NRA and NTA Life Member www.BackroadsRevised@etsy.com

Re: Mail Delivery by Boat [Re: Eagleye] #7888724 06/20/23 09:19 AM 06/20/23 09:19 AM
Joined: Sep 2013 Green County Wisconsin G GREENCOUNTYPETE trapper
GREENCOUNTYPETE trapper G Joined: Sep 2013 Green County Wisconsin	Originally Posted by Eagleye There’s a handful of places where mail is still delivered by boat, albeit more tourist oriented than functional today- Lake Geneva, WI has been delivering mail by boat for over 100 years. I took my wife on the mail route tour yesterday for her birthday, we made about 75 mail stops- very enjoyable looking at multimillion dollars homes from the Golden Era of Chicagoland Free Market Capitalism and watching the athleticism of the young mail jumpers. The boat never stops, and we slowed down at one dock that had shallower water and the mail deliver had to run the shoreline up and down docks for over a ½ mile and then jump back on the moving boat. Fun day- here’s a couple picks of some nice cottages if you’re in the market to upgrade your trapper's cabin. We stopped at one dock where a guy was sitting at the end with camo shorts on, throwing the ball in the water for his Lab- based on the house he could be doing whatever he wanted... Nice! Lake Geneva WI, My great grandpa and his brothers built an awful lot of those old houses that is where he met my great grandmother , she was a cook for one of the wealthy wealthy families form St. Louis , It was where the rich went to summer, cooler at night because of the spring fed lake , clean air , clean water. she ended up staying , getting married and having 12 kids. Lake Geneva lakefront home owners were the who's who of late 19th and 20th century businessmen. America only has one issue, we have a Responsibility crisis and everything else stems from it.

Re: Mail Delivery by Boat [Re: Eagleye] #7888732 06/20/23 09:32 AM 06/20/23 09:32 AM
Joined: Oct 2012 Wisconsin E Eagleye OP trapper
Eagleye OP trapper E Joined: Oct 2012 Wisconsin	Pete- Great story! I would've loved to be a fly on the wall back then. There’s a listing on Zillow for $36 Million now- I believe the most expensive real-estate listed in Wisconsin’s history. A lot of money in chewing gum also- the original inventor of chewing gum lived on the lake and Wrigley’s that own about 1-1/2 miles of lake frontage, in the past owned a lucrative soap company back in the day… Wrigley decided to tape a piece of chewing gum onto the soap box as a thank you… the rest is history - Wrigley Field and Chewing Gum. Morton Salt Family has a nice place on the lake also.

Re: Mail Delivery by Boat [Re: Eagleye] #7888735 06/20/23 09:36 AM 06/20/23 09:36 AM
Joined: Dec 2006 coastal ny G gcs trapper
gcs trapper G Joined: Dec 2006 coastal ny	I'm sorry, that's an accident waiting to happen, in fact I can't believe it hasn't already happened. If the captain is coast guard certified or licensed he'd have some splainin to do, could lose his license and may have a civil suit to boot.

Re: Mail Delivery by Boat [Re: Eagleye] #7888736 06/20/23 09:39 AM 06/20/23 09:39 AM
Joined: Mar 2012 meadowview, Virginia E EdP trapper
EdP trapper E Joined: Mar 2012 meadowview, Virginia	When I was a kid of 12 or so my Mom took big brother and I to Laconia NH on vacation. While there we took the Lake Winnipesauke mail boat tour on the Uncle Sam II, a 72 foot converted PT boat. Mail boats still operate on Lake Winnipesauke and have tours over the summer months but it is a different boat now.

Re: Mail Delivery by Boat [Re: gcs] #7888743 06/20/23 09:52 AM 06/20/23 09:52 AM
Joined: Sep 2013 Green County Wisconsin G GREENCOUNTYPETE trapper
GREENCOUNTYPETE trapper G Joined: Sep 2013 Green County Wisconsin	Originally Posted by gcs I'm sorry, that's an accident waiting to happen, in fact I can't believe it hasn't already happened. If the captain is coast guard certified or licensed he'd have some splainin to do, could lose his license and may have a civil suit to boot. it is a 100 year tradition and the mail deliverers are "stunt performers" so it is basically the same as a wing walker with a licensed pilot they audition for the part of mail jumper each year they get wet some times , if the dock is unsafe then it will be skipped , it is a show and actors don't get the same osha regs America only has one issue, we have a Responsibility crisis and everything else stems from it.

Re: Mail Delivery by Boat [Re: Eagleye] #7888750 06/20/23 10:03 AM 06/20/23 10:03 AM
Joined: Oct 2012 Wisconsin E Eagleye OP trapper
Eagleye OP trapper E Joined: Oct 2012 Wisconsin	The only time they ever call for medical emergencies is when someone with Blue-Hair has a medical issue onboard Gage Marine has all Captains and they also run one Steamer on the Lake- very skilled at maneuvering around docks and fisherman pitching docks

Re: Mail Delivery by Boat [Re: 160user] #7888848 06/20/23 01:18 PM 06/20/23 01:18 PM
Joined: Mar 2023 WI WI Outdoors trapper
WI Outdoors trapper Joined: Mar 2023 WI	Originally Posted by 160user Nice shacks. Thanks. The middle one is my summer home. LOL.

Re: Mail Delivery by Boat [Re: gcs] #7888849 06/20/23 01:19 PM 06/20/23 01:19 PM
Joined: Mar 2023 WI WI Outdoors trapper
WI Outdoors trapper Joined: Mar 2023 WI	Originally Posted by gcs I'm sorry, that's an accident waiting to happen, in fact I can't believe it hasn't already happened. If the captain is coast guard certified or licensed he'd have some splainin to do, could lose his license and may have a civil suit to boot. It's been going on forever. No worries.

Re: Mail Delivery by Boat [Re: DaveP] #7888853 06/20/23 01:23 PM 06/20/23 01:23 PM
Joined: Feb 2021 Wisconsin M Mad Scientist trapper
Mad Scientist trapper M Joined: Feb 2021 Wisconsin	Originally Posted by DaveP Originally Posted by 160user Nice shacks. Little fancier than.one closer to me, lol. Has a " school.boat" too, lol. Any muskrat in that marsh???

Re: Mail Delivery by Boat [Re: Eagleye] #7889058 06/20/23 06:19 PM 06/20/23 06:19 PM
Joined: Aug 2010 Asheville, NC C charles trapper
charles trapper C Joined: Aug 2010 Asheville, NC	Ocracoke NC used to get its mail by boat from Washington NC. That was before there was a paved road to Hatteras. Friend bought the old round stern mail boat. Knotts Island NC probably gets mail by boat now. Kids there go to school by boat I believe.

Re: Mail Delivery by Boat [Re: Mad Scientist] #7889059 06/20/23 06:20 PM 06/20/23 06:20 PM
Joined: Jan 2007 MD D DaveP trapper
DaveP trapper D Joined: Jan 2007 MD	[ Originally Posted by Mad Scientist Originally Posted by DaveP Little fancier than.one closer to me, lol. Has a " school.boat" too, lol. Any muskrat in that marsh??? Hadn't been there in probably 40 years until last fall. Don't ever recall noticing many rats, think the vegetation is wrong,pretty salty there

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