DCHP-3

service centre

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a town or city which acts as a distribution point for food, clothing, etc. in a sparsely populated region such as a national park, a summer-cottage area, etc.

Quotations

1963
He said he wanted to get more private investment into the parks and make the towns of Banff and Lake Louise "service centres" for the adjacent parks of Jasper, Yoho, and Kootenay.