DCHP-3

Canoe Country

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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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an area of land in central British Columbia.

Quotations

1887
The Canoe country so designated from Canoe Creek, in 51° 30', is described as beginning fifty miles above the Fountain, and extending indefinitely to the north, over the undulating plateau, through which the Fraser cuts a deep channel.
1894
In the early mining days, sixty miles above the Thompson country began the "Canoe Country". . . .