tracking ground

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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1 — North

a river bank along which trackers walk when hauling a canoe, boat, etc.

Quotations

1777

This day we proceeded on the Tracking ground.

1778

. . . we have passed all the tracking ground which is so exceeding bad that no person is able to track that cannot walk without shoes. . . .

1847

. . . there is good "tracking ground" all the way unless the water is very high.

1922

[It is] treacherous tracking ground where men . . . hang on by their hands and feet. . . .

a stretch of shallow or fast water where canoes, boats, etc. must be moved by tracking (def. 1).

See: tracking(def. 1)

1949

There are . . . two other swift stretches on the Saskatchewan, and these are referred to as the "tracking ground."

1949

When the tracking ground was reached, the men had to get out and walk along the shore line pulling the boats.