wintering station

Fur Trade, Hist.

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a trading post used only in winter.

Quotations

1819

We met . . . an Indian in a canoe laden with goods and provisions and intended to form a wintering station. . . .

1918

In about two weeks they would be on their way back to their wintering stations. winterkilit n