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Montreal canoe
Fur Trade, Hist.
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: canoe ((n.))(def. 1),canot de charge,canot du maître,canot du nord,Hudson's Bay canoe,Large Canoe,maître canot,Ottawa River canoe,Grand River canoe
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1793
Part of the Company's Furs are sent Round the Lakes in Shipping, but the major part goes down the Ottawa in montreal canoes.
1794
There are three of the large Montreal canoes lying here which are about 36 Ft long, 2½ deep, and 6 wide in Midships, carry 70 Bales, Bags, and Kegs each, and are navigated by 8 Men.
1961
Matt Bernard . . . supervises the launching of a large Hudson's Bay type canoe (canot du maître or Montreal canoe) which he completed Sept. 28, 1957.
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