Human鈥檚 best friend recently helped deliver mail to Barkerville.
Bags of mail were carried by mushers and their dog teams, skijorers and cross country skiers on Sunday, Feb. 27 from Wells to Barkerville in the final stage of the 30th annual Gold Rush Trail Sled Dog Mail Run.
鈥淚t was absolutely awesome,鈥� said Gold Rush Trail Seld Dog Association president Ric Raynor.
鈥淭he Wells Snowmobile Club excelled on grooming the trails.鈥�
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Light snow began to fall as dash participants slid into Barkerville Historic Town and Park on the final day ending at the Barkerville Post Office.
鈥淚 love doing this,鈥� said Kerry Onanski of Canada Post, who is also vice-president of the Gold Rush Trail Seld Dog Association.
鈥淚t鈥檚 exciting, and I鈥檝e met so many wonderful people. It鈥檚 great.鈥�
More than 2,000 specially designed envelopes were sold for this year鈥檚 Gold Rush Trail Sled Dog Mail Run that kicked off Friday, Feb. 25, at Troll Ski Resort.
Following their delivery to Barkerville, the envelopes will be distributed to addresses across the globe after entering the regular postal service.
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