DCHP-3

upper posts

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

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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the fur posts in the Northwest.

See: Northwest(def. 1a)

Quotations

1788
[We] beg leave to suggest the Removal of the place of Depot for the Upper Posts; from Carleton Island to Kingston . . . .
1860
If the weather is at all favorable, the brigade will arrive at Edmonton about the 20th September, from whence the outfits will be forwarded to the upper posts, reaching their destinations about the end of October.