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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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the extensive, largely inhospitable regions of northern Canada, especially the Far North.

See: Far North,North,Northland,Northlands

Quotations

1896

So long as you have tea and tobacco you are entire master of the situation; for there is nothing you cannot obtain with one or the other of these North Country luxuries, and, moreover, there is no peace for you so long as either remains.

1965

[He] had made himself a living legend with his periodic forays out of Ontario's north country. . . .