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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."