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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
a canoe journey; a spell of paddling, as opposed to lining, portaging, etc.; also, the distance that can be covered by canoe in a specified time.
Quotations
1754
Othenume Lake is a good day's paddle either way; and the woods around it are tall and well grown timber.
1784
We have had two Pedlars paddling about from Lake to Lake within one Day's Paddle of our Place, but with what design I am at a loss to guess, as they had no Trading Goods with them.
1914
But we had good going, with an uninterrupted ten-mile paddle for a start.
1922
. . . I was on my way up the river with an Indian and bark canoe and a heavy paddle ahead of us.