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sturgeon-head scow
Northwest, Hist.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
a freight boat about 55 feet long and 11 wide, with a draught of little more than two feet, capable of carrying 10-12 tons and propelled by poles and or oars, or, in later days, an outboard motor.
See: sturgeon-head (boat)
Quotations
1921
In summer there were the canoe, York boat, sturgeon-head scow, and Red River cart brigades.