DCHP-3

river pointer

Lumbering
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a sturdy flat-bottomed boat about 20 ft. long, pointed fore and aft and having a shallow draft, specially designed for use in river drives. [See picture at pointer.]

See: pointer(def. 1 and picture)

Quotations

1952
River pointers and barges would be too slow and unwieldy in the sudden squalls and gales that sweep the Chibougamau region.