timber claim

Esp. B.C.

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a tract of forested land the bounds of which have been established by the government, which leases or sells the rights to fell and remove timber.

Quotations

1926

Every timber claim that has been logged off in B.C. during the past fifteen years is a veritable firetrap.

1954

The timber claim they were after was only three miles down the road. . . .