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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
a shallow place where a boat or canoe had to be partly unloaded before it could proceed.
See: décharge(def. 1)
Quotations
1827
Leaving Morgan's Rock . . . we went to the Rocky Launcher and encamped at 10 p.m.
1923
In localities where there was a large number of "launchers" and the boats were hauled over portages, 28 to 30 feet was the length [of a York boat]. On routes where there were no "launchers", the length was 38 to 40 feet.