DCHP-3

back settlement†

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a settlement located some distance back from the shore of a lake, ocean, river, etc.

See: back concession(def. 1),lines(def. 2),back township

Quotations

1766
From the Thinness of the back settlements, would not the Stamp Act be extremely inconvenient to the Inhabitants, if executed.
1805
Many of the back settlements are well inhabited, and are as near to a market for their superfluous produce as those on the river.
1934
Behind Pubnico is the forest. There are no back settlements. The people live along the shore.