DCHP-3

Micmac (canoe)

Maritimes
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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n.

a small, two-man canoe (def. 1) of the design used by the Micmac Indians of the Maritimes.

Quotations

1872
Having here hired three Micmac canoes and six Indians, we chartered a schooner to drop us at the moat of the Cascapediac. . . .
1872
On my arrival at Halifax I set about the purchase of two canoes, but was only able to procure one small Micmac of a suitable size for "portaging."