DCHP-3

dry snye

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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a dry side channel which, when deepened and filled with water from a snye-dam served as a by-pass enabling raftsmen to avoid rapids.

See: snye(def. 1b),snye-dam

Quotations

1826
We are also busy forming a channel through the rapids, for the sake of the raftsmen--this is done by building two strong dams, and deepening what is called a dry snie.