DCHP-3

up-country

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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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Up Country

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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n.

the vast region north and west of Lake Superior, as known by the fur traders and explorers.

See: Northwest(def. 1a),Upper Country(def. 1)

Quotations

<i>c</i>1902
Only the most daring hunters would sign contracts for the "Up Country," or Pays d'en Haut as the French called it.
1954
Each man who had been on one of those long exciting trips to the interior, the pays d'en haut or up-country, had faced starvation.
1963
The upshot was a compromise in 1669 . . . when it was agreed to prohibit the taking of liquor into the woods but to permit its use in Montreal and other settlements, including trading posts in the up country . . . .