DCHP-3

tote road†

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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See 1912 quote.

Quotations

1887
On this "toat" or freight-road the wagons went east during one part of the day and west during the other.
1912
Tote road, the trail or road over which provisions and supplies are conveyed to a working camp.
1942
The problem was not solved until fully ten minutes later when Jerome appeared coming down the tote road with his dog bounding ahead of him.
1965
For years the winter woods rang with the sound of the axe and the crash of falling trees, while tote roads were hacked out for horse-drawn sleds, and sluice-ways built for the spring run of logs.