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canot du gouverneur
Cdn French, Hist.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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a fast light canoe (def. 1) used by the fur-traders for speedy delivery of officials, communications, correspondence, and special goods.
Quotations
1860
The most celebrated canot allege among-my Voyageurs on Lake Superior is the "canot du gouverneur."
1942
The most celebrated voyageur canoe, in the whole history of the Hudson's Bay Company, undoubtedly was the canot du gouverneur, the governor's canoe, also called canot allege--unburdened or express canoe.