DCHP-3

chain of lakes

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a series of lakes connected by rivers.

Quotations

1784
The traffic carried on in Hudson's Bay is chiefly brought from the chain of lakes and rivers that empty themselves into the bay at Nelson's river.
1896
The Yellow Knife River is simply a chain of lakes connected by rapids and falls.
1964
Jack's attention was drawn to a chain of lakes and rivers in what is now Bowron Lake Provincial Park, north of historic Barkerville. . . .