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caribou plain
Maritimes
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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a tract of low-lying peat bog at one time frequented by caribou; savanna.
Quotations
1832
Caraboo Plains . . . and lands formerly laid waste by fire, or that from some natural cause produce little wood. They are also called Barrens.
1849
. . . we were on the edge of the large cariboo plain of a hundred or more acres. . . .
1902
Along the Gaspereau river are caribou plains which stretch away four or five miles without a break, and on these it is no rare sight to see a herd of from 75 to 100 caribou. . . .