prairie region

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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extensive rolling grasslands, specifically those found in western Canada; also, the region covered by these grasslands.

See: prairie(def. 2a)

Quotations

1860

An unbroken navigation of 20 miles extends by Rainy River and Lake of the Woods to within sixty miles of the prairie region.

1963

The current issue depicts . . . a typical "dugout" and wind-charger of the prairie region, and a modern harvesting scene in the wheat belt.