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cedar swamp†

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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See 1832 quote.

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1793

After passing the last of the musiques we proceeded about a quarter of a mile in a ditch not much wider than the canoe, which nature seems to have made through the centre of a cedar swamp for the convenience of the North West Trade. . . .

1832

Cedar Swamps . . . are deep mossy bogs, soft and spongy below, with a coating sufficiently firm to uphold small cedar or fir-trees, or shrubs. Such lands are much more difficult to reclaim than any of our bogs in the United Kingdom.

1960

There's a lot of cedar swamps north of here in a few miles. . . .