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Upper Country
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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1 — Hist.
the vast region north and west of Lake Superior, as known by the fur traders and explorers.
Quotations
1761
Michilimackinac is the place of deposit, and point of departure between the upper countries and the lower.
1789
We still expect a very considerable quantity of Furrs and Peltries from the most distant Posts of the Upper Country, which cannot arrive to admit of the Vessels sailing before the 25th.
1803
. . . God knows I'm not very tame especially on arriving from the Upper Country.
1918
McGill, writing in 1785, stated that he estimated the value of the Upper Country trade--in which he included the country from the mouth of the Ohio and on the rivers falling into the Mississippi to as far north as Lake Arabaska?--at £180,000 currency
2 — Hist.
Upper Canada (def. 1), especially that part lying west of York (Toronto).
See: Upper Canada(def. 1)
Quotations
1797
It [Queenston] may justly be stiled the emporium of the upper country, and bids fair for becoming the most populous town in this province.
1832
If I should take it to the Upper Country, I should have to pay a heavy price for its transfer, as where if I settled the family in or near York I should be allowed to retain the furniture as the carriage of it would not be heavy.
1927
Those who settled in Upper Canada were business men and farmers. Their interests were less literary, and it was a little later before books began to be written in the "Upper Country."
3 — B.C.
See quote.
Quotations
1925
"The Upper Country" and "The Upper Mainland" have the same meaning.
1925
This climber [white clematis] is common throughout the Upper Country. . . .