DCHP-3

Calumet fever

Hist.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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among Ottawa Valley lumbermen, fear of riding a crib of logs down the slide at Calumet, Quebec.

Quotations

1961
If any of the rivermen showed fear of running the slide they were said to have "Calumet fever."
1964
Most old-time river drivers know what it meant to have Calumet Fever, that sudden sickening fear that you couldn't run the Calumet this time and live.