DCHP-3

fur brigade

Fur Trade, Hist.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a brigade of canoes, York boats, Red River carts, etc. transporting furs from the interior posts.

See: brigade

Quotations

1862
. . . a message [was] received from the officer in charge of the Fur Brigade, which was expected to arrive daily.
1959
Fifty years before Confederation the Columbia River . . . was a vital link in the annual route of the fur brigade which brought the pelts from the West to Montreal.