Eastern snowshoe

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a type of snowshoe used by the Montagnais Indians of northern Quebec, having an oval or circular frame and a short tail. See picture at snowshoe.

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1941

The Montagnais shoe is the commonest form used throughout the Labrador Peninsula and is usually known simply as the Eastern snowshoe.