Canada

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  Canada's postal history has its origins in a Portuguese resident of Quebec, called Pedro DaSilva. He was paid about ten cents per letter for shuttling a packet of letters between Montreal and Quebec City. This idea was carried on and each province had its own postal system before it was united into one national postal system. The Canadians set up the Lachine Canal that enabled them fast passage to Europe via mail steamboat service, an idea similar to the Suez Canal and Panama Canal. The Americans saw this to their advantage and connected onto this Canadian passage to Europe as well.

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  Something really interesting I noticed about the present management of the Canadian Postal System is that there is a special division called the Northern Services. For greater communications with the Aboriginal people, a subordinate postal network is set up in the remote Northern territories with its staff comprised mainly of Aboriginal or Inuit people. This is a great idea for it provides a means of employment for the rural Inuit up in the snowy, desolated north.  

  One interesting thing to note is that the Canadian Post contributed greatly to the development of commercial air services in Canada, obviously for the purpose of increasing the efficiency of mail delivery and therefore, reliability. Transcontinental services between the Pacific and Atlantic coasts were inaugurated by TransCanada Airlines.

  Canada probably has one of the world's largest spans of hostile territory, with vast stretches of endless snow and mountains between cities. Dogsleds and huskies had to be phased out in favor of railway services in the snowy North for greater efficiency.