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campsite
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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1n.
a stopping place set aside for people to make camp in, usually operated and maintained by the government.
Quotations
1958
The camp-site was nothing more than a stopping-point on a rough trail bulldozed . . . through the bush.
1963
The Trans-Canada campsites are established on a cost-sharing plan between the Federal and Provincial governments.
2
any place where a camper pitches his tent, or parks his trailer.
Quotations
1963
He claimed to have had a second look Wednesday morning when the "object" made a brief appearance in front of the campsite.
3n.
the tents, buildings and general working area of a community (often temporary) of miners, fishermen, etc. in remote areas.
See: camp(def. 5)
Quotations
1963
. . . the farmers began hauling wood from a backwoods campsite. . . .
1963
. . . the north breeds good fellowship nearly as well as it breeds black flies, and men in the campsites and new towns . . . get along better than their compatriots at the United Nations.