Mail by the Pail
Stop by the Dossin Museum on Belle Isle and learn about Detroit's unique mail delivery system for Great Lakes freighters! The J. W. Westcott Company operates the mailboat for the U.S. Postal Service marine post office in Detroit �the only mailboat that delivers mail to freighters while they are moving. This unique story is told in the children's book �Mail by the Pail� by Colin Bergel, published by Wayne State University Press. A special quantity of these books will be available for purchase at this event in the Dossin Great Lakes Museum Store. After visiting the Museum, drop by the neighboring dock at Pavilion #9 and visit with the crew of the J.W. Westcott mail boat and Captain Sam Buchanan to experience the operation firsthand!