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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a water route regularly used by canoes, especially by those of the canoe brigades.

See: canoe route

Quotations

1819

This obliged us to strike off through the woods to the canoe road.

1889

The distance from York Factory to Cumberland House is much shorter, but it was probably much lengthened by the sinuosities of the route they had to follow on the canoe road.