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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
a place providing accommodation for travellers; an inn, usually of a primitive sort.
Quotations
1883
The road from Carrot River crosses the South Saskatchewan at this point where there is now a first class ferry and stopping house.
1912
None of the stopping-houses along this trail have progressed beyond the most primitive stage. They provide a floor for you to sleep on and a fire-place, in some cases a stove for you to cook your food on; that is all.
1958
. . . farmers have had to subsidize their land with stopping houses, by mining, freighting, railway construction, or, as at present, by logging.