togue

[< E. Algonk.]

Maritimes

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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North American char, Cristivomer namaycush, having important commercial value.

Quotations

1849

Togue . . . Common in the large lakes of New Brunswick, and Canada, have only been observed in lake Rosignol in the county of Liverpool.

1902

. . . the daring fisher [fish-hawk] arose, grasping in his victorious claws a large "togue" or gray lake trout.

1928

The "Mountain trout," "gray trout," "mackinaw trout," "togue" and the salmon trout of the big lakes are all merely lake trout.

1954

Land locked salmon and deep-feeding togue are taken in several lakes during the summer months.