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Rabisca

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Fur Trade, Hist.

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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(an aphetic alteration of) Athabasca.

See: Athabasca department,rabiscaw

Quotations

1913

. . . the challenge was generally addressed to "les meilleurs" of the offending district, the men of which were known by such nicknames as "Les Blaireaux," or badgers of Saskatchewan; "Les Cynges," or Swans of Swan River; "Les Rabisca," of Athabasca; or "Les Gens de la Gande Riviere," of Mackenzie River.

1941

Rabisca brigade--The Athabasca fleet of York Boats.