caribou crossing (-place)

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a shallow stretch in a river or lake where caribou habitually cross, often usable by man as a ford.

Quotations

1911

The place we had selected for camp proved to be a Caribou crossing.

1923

From the lay of this land there ought to be a caribou-crossing somewhere in the neighborhood. . . .

1965

Leading to the caribou crossing-places on lakes and rivers . . . are seen drift fences. . . .