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fast water

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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swift-moving water flowing over rapids.

Quotations

1905

. . . the canoe settled lower and lower, then it struck the first fast water; it lurched and plunged soggily, cleared one big wave, hovered staggering on the next crest, disappeared in the hollow beyond and came in sight no more.

1957

I learned how to "track" a canoe up fast water. . . .

1964

We . . . shot the fast water below the camp.