DCHP-3

treeline

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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1n.

on a mountain, the line beyond which trees do not grow.

See: timber line(def. 1)

Quotations

1905
Although several attempts have been made before to scale its mighty height of over two miles, the highest point ever reached before was the tree line. . . .
1952
The tree-line varies in the Coast Forest, but is reached at about 5,000 feet in the south and 4,000 feet in the north.
1958
They were staying . . . not far from the tree-line
2n.

the line north of which trees do not grow; the line where the Barrens begin.

See: timber line(def. 2)

Quotations

1942
No one had described the inland conditions of Ungava at the tree-line after snow fall.
1965
Ontario south of the treeline and along the coasts of Hudson Bay and James Bay is thinly settled by the Indians who call themselves Omooskekowak­people of the Muskeg, or Swampy Cree.