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Large Canoe
Fur Trade, Obs.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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a large freight canoe, measuring about 40 feet and capable of carrying 4 to 5 tons, used for the voyage from Montreal to the Grand Portage. See picture at Montreal canoe.
See: Montreal canoe
Quotations
1767
They informed me . . . that they were gone down with fur to Montreal . . . an Englishman and 8 Servants who mans two Large Canoes. . . .
1793
Mrss Robert Grant . . . and Win Thorburn set out in two Large Canoes for Montreal.
1801
I embarked in the Bark or Large Canoe well loaded. . . .