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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a North American char, Cristivomer namaycush, having important commercial value.

See: gray trout,lake char,lake salmon,Mackinaw trout,namaycush,salmon trout(def. 1),togue,touladi,white trout,laker (def. 1)

Quotations

1897

Lake trout are caught in most of the lakes. They take a troll bait readily.

1924

The one dependable source of food supply for the natives who travel the interior in summer is fish, particularly the namaycush, the great lake trout, and a finer-eating fish does not exist.

1965

These unwanted species clutter the lakes . . . affecting the highly regarded whitefish and lake trout.