DCHP-3

upland boat

Fur Trade, Hist.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a clumsy, flat-bottomed boat about 19 feet long between tapered ends, propelled by oars, crewed by six men, and capable of carrying about 4,000 pounds of cargo. This prototype for the York boat was widely used throughout the northwest until recent years.

See: bateau(def. 3)

Quotations

1922
. . . in 1780 and probably previous to that date "upland" boats were in use on the Moose river for carrying goods to the posts south of that place.