n. a former French colony on the Atlantic coast of N. America, which included the present Maritime Provinces and adjacent parts of Quebec and New England.
Go to full entry >a colorful sash, 4 to 6 inches wide and 8 to 10 feet long, so called because the best such sashes were made in L'Assomption, Quebec, and widely distributed as trade goods by the fur companies, especially in the design known as the arrow sash.
Go to full entry >a former French colony on the Atlantic coast of N. America, which included the present Maritime Provinces and adjacent parts of Quebec and New England.
Go to full entry >an Indian gambling game taking various forms, the winner being the player to whom falls a marked object (as a disc) mixed with several similar but unmarked objects.
Go to full entry >n. a hunting dog developed from a breed originating in Labrador and Newfoundland, characterized by short, thick, usually black hair, broad head and chest, and outstanding performance as a retriever of game, both in water and on land.
Go to full entry >1a n. either of two closely related evergreen shrubs, Ledum groenlandicum and L. decumbens var. palustre.
Expand + | Go to full entry >1 a breed of dog from which the Labrador retriever was developed.
Expand + | Go to full entry >a police force patterned on the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, formed in 1935 and absorbed by the R.C.M.P. in 1954.
Go to full entry >a hunting dog developed from a breed originating in Labrador and Newfoundland, characterized by short, thick, usually black hair, broad head and chest, and outstanding performance as a retriever of game, both in water and on land.
Go to full entry >either of two closely related evergreen shrubs, Ledum groenlandicum and L. decumbens var. palustre.
Go to full entry >1a either of two closely related evergreen shrubs, Ledum groenlandicum and L. decumbens var. palustre.
Expand + | Go to full entry >either of two closely related evergreen shrubs, Ledum groenlandicum and L. decumbens var. palustre.
Go to full entry >1 n. a Newfoundland fisherman who summers on the Labrador coast, spending the winters at home.
Expand + | Go to full entry >n. a small edible fish, Hiodon alosoides, native to the Lake Winnipeg region, but now found over a wider range in the Northwest.
Go to full entry >1 n. a game originating among the Indians and played by two teams, the players passing a ball to each other on the run or throwing it at the opponents' goal by means of a lacrosse stick.
Expand + | Go to full entry >a stick hooked at one end and strung with leather thongs crosshatched by strings of gut to form a kind of pouch for carrying and throwing a ball in the game of lacrosse.
Go to full entry >an organization of women who raise funds and contribute other help in supporting the work of a church.
Go to full entry >n. a harlequin duck, Histrionicus histrionicus. See lord and lady (duck) 1956 quote.
Go to full entry >n. an Indian gambling game taking various forms, the winner being the player to whom falls a marked object (as a disc) mixed with several similar but unmarked objects.
Go to full entry >a North American char, Cristivomer namaycush, having important commercial value.
Go to full entry >a fever resembling typhoid and contracted from drinking the polluted water of lakes and rivers.
Go to full entry >a North American char, Cristivomer namaycush, having important commercial value.
Go to full entry >(def. 1), togue, touladi, and white trout.
Go to full entry >a North American char, Cristivomer namaycush, having important commercial value.
Go to full entry >a small edible fish, Hiodon alosoides, native to the Lake Winnipeg region, but now found over a wider range in the Northwest.
Go to full entry >1 n. the western end of Lake Ontario: the vicinity of Burlington, Hamilton, and Niagara-on-the-Lake.
Expand + | Go to full entry >1 n. a North American char, Cristivomer namaycush, having important commercial value.
Expand + | Go to full entry >a long line used in the timber trade for getting logs from the shore to the vessels which were to carry them to market.
Go to full entry >the practice of loading timber onto vessels directly from the shore by means of lakeshore lines.
Go to full entry >n. a small fish, Thaleicthys pacificus, of the smelt family, native to the Pacific coast.
Go to full entry >1 n. a broker who assists settlers in obtaining or selling land.
Expand + | Go to full entry >in Upper Canada, a body of officials appointed in each district to receive and report upon applications for land.
Go to full entry >in Upper Canada, a body of officials appointed in each district to receive and report upon applications for land.
Go to full entry >a strong desire to obtain title to public lands offered for settlement.
Go to full entry >1 a grant of public land made as part payment to a company contracting to build a railway.
Expand + | Go to full entry >during the settlement of the West, an official of the government or a land company who met settlers and directed them to available homesteads.
Go to full entry >a sub-arctic zone of stunted spruce and dwarf willow lying between the forests and the Barren Grounds in northern Canada.
Go to full entry >the region of Grand Pré, on the west shore of Nova Scotia, the home of Evangeline, the heroine of Longfellow's poem concerning the expulsion of the Acadians.
Go to full entry >the district of Keewatin (def. 2), the Cree name for the north wind.
Go to full entry >sea ice that is anchored to the shore and extends seaward in a great shelf.
Go to full entry >a person who buys up large amounts of land usually intending to profit by speculation.
Go to full entry >1 a certificate issued to a person granted land by a land board.
Expand + | Go to full entry >n. sea ice that is anchored to the shore and extends seaward in a great shelf.
Go to full entry >n. a person who buys up large amounts of land usually intending to profit by speculation.
Go to full entry >n. during the settlement of the West, an official of the government or a land company who met settlers and directed them to available homesteads.
Go to full entry >n. sea ice that is anchored to the shore and extends seaward in a great shelf.
Go to full entry >n. a person who buys up large amounts of land usually intending to profit by speculation.
Go to full entry >n. the practice of taking over another person's land by illegal or dishonest means.
Go to full entry >1 a government certificate which entitled the holder to locate on a stated amount of public land.
Expand + | Go to full entry >a person admitted to Canada as a potential settler and citizen of Canada.
Go to full entry >1a n. originally, that part of a river bank where logs were piled ready to be rolled into the water at spring break-up; also, the apron. Now also applied to log dumps from which logs are transported by trucks or railway cars.
Expand + | Go to full entry >a river side-channel used by bush pilots for landing aircraft equipped with floats or, in winter, skis.
Go to full entry >n. any of various freshwater salmon; as the ouananiche and the kokanee.
Go to full entry >any of various freshwater salmon; as the ouananiche and the kokanee.
Go to full entry >n. any of various freshwater salmon; as the ouananiche and the kokanee.
Go to full entry >n. a person who buys up large amounts of land usually intending to profit by speculation.
Go to full entry >a large freight canoe, measuring about 40 feet and capable of carrying 4 to 5 tons, used for the voyage from Montreal to the Grand Portage. See picture at Montreal canoe.
Go to full entry >1 n. originally, a long halter or tether of braided rawhide or horsehair; now, usually, a lasso.
Expand + | Go to full entry >n. a type of moccasin of oil-tanned cowhide having uppers reaching almost to the knee and, usually, flexible soles.
Go to full entry >n. a long rope used to secure the load on a pack animal, sled, etc. Also lashing-rope.
Go to full entry >n. a long rope, of ten, in earlier days, of braided rawhide or horsehair, having a running noose at one end, used for roping cattle, horses, etc.
Go to full entry >1a v. catch with a lasso.
2 v. tie up (an animal) to prevent bucking and kicking.
an American settler who moved into Canada (1790-1800) after the influx of the true refugees, the motive usually being to take advantage of the Crown lands being opened for settlement.
Go to full entry >n. maple-syrup candy, often made by pouring the syrup over the snow so that it hardens in brittle sheets.
Go to full entry >a grayish-brown goose, Anser albifrons, having a white face and a black-blotched breast and breeding in the Canadian Arctic.
Go to full entry >n. a shallow place where a boat or canoe had to be partly unloaded before it could proceed.
Go to full entry >n. the region north of the St. Lawrence River, formerly New France and its hinterland.
Go to full entry >a vast area of mineral-rich, mostly granitic, Pre-Cambrian rock surrounding Hudson Bay and extending as far southward as the Great Lakes.
Go to full entry >a vast area of mineral-rich, mostly granitic, Pre-Cambrian rock surrounding Hudson Bay and extending as far southward as the Great Lakes.
Go to full entry >a vast area of mineral-rich, mostly granitic, Pre-Cambrian rock surrounding Hudson Bay and extending as far southward as the Great Lakes.
Go to full entry >n. a supporter of the political views and principles of Sir Wilfrid Laurier, specifically with regard to the issue of conscription during World War I.
Go to full entry >1 n. a lease to work a gold claim for a share, usually half, of the proceeds.
Expand + | Go to full entry >v. haul (logs) from the cutting site and pile them ready for dumping into the river in the spring.
Go to full entry >suspend enforcement, usually during winter, of the law requiring a miner to work his claim without interruptions of more than three consecutive days.
Go to full entry >v. haul (logs) from the cutting site and pile them ready for dumping into the river in the spring.
Go to full entry >originally among fur traders and now generally in the North, the settled, civilized parts of Canada; civilization.
Go to full entry >a small boom having one end anchored to the shore and the other swinging out into the stream to direct logs into a holding boom.
Go to full entry >in a dog team, the dog, sometimes a female, who leads the team, setting the pace and carrying out the driver's commands.
Go to full entry >1 n. the leader and spokesman of a band of Indians trading at a fur post, often appointed by the factor and rewarded with a captain's coat.
Expand + | Go to full entry >in a dog team, the dog, sometimes a female, who leads the team, setting the pace and carrying out the driver's commands.
Go to full entry >a shallow or rocky place in a river, where a canoe had to be pulled along by hand.
Go to full entry >an old-fashioned rail fence having all the posts set at an angle of 40 degrees.
Go to full entry >n. a tract of land set aside for the grazing of livestock and leased to ranchers by the government.
Go to full entry >a special party which carried buffalo, caribou, and moose hides to the New Caledonian posts of the Hudson's Bay Co. from the prairies.
Go to full entry >n. a small tree or shrub, Dirca palustris, having tough, pliant bark.
Go to full entry >n. pl. a point where travellers left a water route to take a trail leading across the plains.
Go to full entry >n. pl. a pair of coverings for the legs, usually made of dressed skins and often reaching from ankles to hips, where they are fastened to a belt, originally used by the Indians.
Go to full entry >since Confederation, the elected legislative body in each Canadian province, forming the total legislature in all provinces except Quebec, where it is the lower house in a bicameral system.
Go to full entry >in each Canadian province, the building housing the legislative assembly.
Go to full entry >1 in colonial times, a body of persons, usually appointed by the governor to act as his advisors, first acting as a unicameral legislature and later as the upper house of a bicameral body, the lower house being an elective assembly.
Expand + | Go to full entry >n. since Confederation, the elected legislative body in each Canadian province, forming the total legislature in all provinces except Quebec, where it is the lower house in a bicameral system.
Go to full entry >one of a number of fur-trading and fishing posts in Quebec, most of them in the King's Domain.
Go to full entry >a breed of dog from which the Labrador retriever was developed.
Go to full entry >a permit issued by the North West Mounted Police, permitting the bearer to cross the Canada-United States border.
Go to full entry >imper. v. the traditional voyageur summons to awake and get ready for the trail, shouted several times by the guide.
Go to full entry >1 n. in Canada, a formal reception, usually for men only, held New Year's morning by the Governor General, lieutenant-governors, and, sometimes, mayors.
Expand + | Go to full entry >a place where a railway line crosses a public road or highway.
Go to full entry >adj. or attrib. supporting, associated with, or belonging to the Liberal Party (def. 2).
Go to full entry >1 n. in colonial times, a member of the faction opposing the governor and his Tory followers.
Expand + | Go to full entry >adj. or attrib. supporting the Liberal-Conservative Party.
Go to full entry >n. a member or supporter of the Liberal-Conservative Party.
Go to full entry >n. a political group that developed in the last half of the nineteenth century, claiming to occupy a position between reactionary Tories and radical Reformers.
Go to full entry >n. in Manitoba, a political party made up of a coalition of Liberals and Conservatives.
Go to full entry >a hotel licensed to sell beer and liquor on complying with certain government regulations. See 1915 quote.
Go to full entry >1 n. a small spring or stream containing salt from local deposits and used by animals as a source of salt.
Expand + | Go to full entry >a place where the ground contains particles of salt and other minerals, resorted to by wild animals.
Go to full entry >1 n. in colonial times, the chief executive officer in a colony or province, subordinate to the governor general.
Expand + | Go to full entry >n. the executive government of a province, considered as the lieutenant-governor acting with the advice and consent of the provincial cabinet.
Go to full entry >n. a stout rope running from a settler's house to his stable, necessary during blizzards as a guide and support.
Go to full entry >a one-horse vehicle having two seats in front and a space for light freight in the back.
Go to full entry >a shallow place where a boat or canoe had to be partly unloaded before it could proceed.
Go to full entry >n. a great heap of logs surmounted by a frame holding broken pieces of limestone which were rendered into lime when the logs were set on fire, a by-product of the burn (def. 1) in land clearing.
Go to full entry >n. (usually plural) a tract of forested land the bounds of which have been established by the government, which leases or sells the rights to fell and remove timber.
Go to full entry >a fence on a property line, as between two farms or next to the road allowance.
Go to full entry >a horseman patrolling the Canada-U.S. border to head off whisky-traders, rustlers, and other undesirables.
Go to full entry >n. a line of persons waiting with a common objective, such as buying tickets.
Go to full entry >1 n. pl. the outer limit of a town; the open area at the edge of a town.
Expand + | Go to full entry >n. an official who assists the referee by calling offsides and certain other infractions of the rules.
Go to full entry >n. a North American wildcat, Lynx canadensis, having prominently tufted ears, large cushioned paws, and a black tail-tip.
Go to full entry >n. a large, wild cat, Felis concolor, once common but now confined to southwestern Canada.
Go to full entry >in a territory, a regulatory body having functions similar to those of a liquor control board in a province.
Go to full entry >a government board regulating the distribution and sale of alcoholic beverages within a province.
Go to full entry >an outlet for the sale of liquor, beer, and wines, operated by the liquor control board of a province or the liquor commission of a territory.
Go to full entry >Sir George Simpson (d. 1860), Governor of the Hudson's Bay Co. from 1826 to 1860.
Go to full entry >a small mammal of the genus Ochotona, found in the western mountain region.
Go to full entry >William Lyon Mackenzie, 1795-1861 (a derogatory allusion to his small stature).
Go to full entry >a dwarf landlocked salmon, Oncorhynchus nerka kennerlyi, native to southern British Columbia.
Go to full entry >n. a small mammal of the genus Ochotona, found in the western mountain region.
Go to full entry >subsist on the food available in a region, as game, fish, berries.
Go to full entry >subsist on the food available in a region, as game, fish, berries.
Go to full entry >1 n. a permanent resident of the coast of Labrador, as opposed to the fishermen coming from Newfoundland for the fishing season.
Expand + | Go to full entry >1 n. an old French unit of currency used in New France and in Quebec for some time after the advent of the British regime.
Go to full entry >a government official who enforces the laws governing lobster trapping.
Go to full entry >1 n. (originally associated with the northern Indians) a tall, conspicuous spruce or pine denuded of all but its topmost branches to serve as a mark of honor for a friend, as a monument, or often as a living talisman of the man for whom it was made.
Expand + | Go to full entry >a provincial-government body charged with overseeing the activities of the various municipal governments.
Go to full entry >1 a district administered by provincial-government officials because it is too thinly populated to merit a municipal government of its own.
Expand + | Go to full entry >n. the chief executive officer of a local legislature; a provincial premier.
Go to full entry >1 v. I (often passive) establish (someone) legally as a settler on land under terms of settlement set by the government.
Expand + | Go to full entry >1a n. a parcel of government land applied for and granted for purposes of settlement.
Expand + | Go to full entry >a document relating to the staking and registering of a legal claim.
Go to full entry >n. any of several kinds of hauling engines used in mining and logging operations.
Go to full entry >n. any of several kinds of hauling engines used in mining and logging operations.
Go to full entry >2a n. an Indian dwelling, as a teepee, or wigwam.
4b n. a hotel for accommodating guests in a resort area.
dressed skins of buffalo, moose, or caribou, used for making lodges.
Go to full entry >1a n. one of the poles forming the framework for a teepee or wigwam.
Expand + | Go to full entry >a slim, straight pine, Pinus contorta var. latifolia, common in the Rocky Mountain region, so called because the young trees make good lodgepoles.
Go to full entry >a slim, straight pine, Pinus contorta var. latifolia, common in the Rocky Mountain region, so called because the young trees make good lodgepoles.
Go to full entry >in New France, one of several seigneurial rights transplanted with the Coutume de Paris, namely, the right to a twelfth part of the purchase price of every estate changing hands by sale or transfer, abolished with the institution of seigneurial tenure in 1854.
Go to full entry >1 v. in clearing land, remove trees by felling, cutting into lengths, and piling ready for burning, splitting, etc.
Expand + | Go to full entry >a huge barge onto which logs are loaded for transporting from the dump (def. 2) to the mill.
Go to full entry >a small tug used to control a boom of logs under tow or in the booming grounds.
Go to full entry >a road over swampy or muddy terrain built of logs laid side by side at right angles to the way.
Go to full entry >n. in the Ottawa Valley especially, one of the small units or assemblages of logs that, in groups of 25 or 30, formed a raft of timber, used in driving from the camps to the mills or shipping points.
Go to full entry >n. a specific collection of logs being floated downstream at high water from the timber limits to a mill or shipping point.
Go to full entry >n. a place where logs are piled, as on the bank of a river, by a railway siding, road, etc., ready for moving out to the mill.
Go to full entry >an escalator-type moving iron belt that carries the logs from the mill pond into the mill's conveying system or to the mill's slasher where the logs are cut smaller.
Go to full entry >1 n. a barrier of logs or other timbers linked by chains and serving to restrain or enclose floating logs, pulpwood, etc.
Expand + | Go to full entry >an expanse of quiet water where logs, often retained by a boom, are penned till needed.
Go to full entry >a specific collection of logs being floated downstream at high water from the timber limits to a mill or shipping point.
Go to full entry >an artificial sluiceway down which logs or cribs may be directed to avoid rapids, falls, or other obstructions in a river.
Go to full entry >an escalator-type moving iron belt that carries the logs from the mill pond into the mill's conveying system or to the mill's slasher where the logs are cut smaller.
Go to full entry >1 an A-shaped shed made by laying logs up to a ridgepole and chinking with moss and clay.
Expand + | Go to full entry >1 v. in clearing land, remove trees by felling, cutting into lengths, and piling ready for burning, splitting, etc.
Expand + | Go to full entry >n. a barrier of logs or other timbers linked by chains and serving to restrain or enclose floating logs, pulpwood, etc.
Go to full entry >n. a small boom having one end anchored to the shore and the other swinging out into the stream to direct logs into a holding boom.
Go to full entry >n. a great pile of logs for burning when clearing land, as at a logging bee.
Go to full entry >1a n. a massing together of logs, as in a river drive, as a result of some obstruction to their forward progress.
2 n. a protective framework of logs intended to keep ice from damaging a ship's hull.
n. an expanse of quiet water where logs, often retained by a boom, are penned till needed.
Go to full entry >n. a logger, especially one who worked with sawlogs rather than square timber.
Go to full entry >1 n. a road over swampy or muddy terrain built of logs laid side by side at right angles to the way.
Expand + | Go to full entry >n. a road over swampy or muddy terrain built of logs laid side by side at right angles to the way.
Go to full entry >a specific collection of logs being floated downstream at high water from the timber limits to a mill or shipping point.
Go to full entry >n. in Indian parlance, originally, a Virginian; in Canada, an American; U.S. citizen.
Go to full entry >a style of play in which the curler takes a long slide along the ice when delivering his stone from the hack.
Go to full entry >a long box or trough containing riffles (def. 2) by means of which gold is separated from gravel. [See picture at sluice-box.]
Go to full entry >warm underwear having ankle-length legs and, usually, long sleeves.
Go to full entry >n. a long fishing line having many baited hooks, used for deep-sea commercial fishing.
Go to full entry >a teamster skilled in driving several span of horses or mules by means of long reins.
Go to full entry >n. long poles or timber in the rough, used for building fishing stages, fences, floors, etc.; stringer.
Go to full entry >1 n. among the Indians of the Five Nations (Iroquois) and the Hurons, a communal dwelling and council house about 20 feet wide and varying in length, the centre of political and religious life.
Expand + | Go to full entry >among non-Christian Iroquois, a marriage ceremony conducted according to the ancient tribal traditions.
Go to full entry >1 n. a high tower from which a trained forestry employee watches for forest fires and reports the position so that action may be taken to fight them.
Expand + | Go to full entry >a high tower from which a trained forestry employee watches for forest fires and reports the position so that action may be taken to fight them.
Go to full entry >n. a mixture of Canadian French, Cree and, sometimes English spoken by the Métis of the older generation.
Go to full entry >(originally associated with the northern Indians) a tall, conspicuous spruce or pine denuded of all but its topmost branches to serve as a mark of honor for a friend, as a monument, or often as a living talisman of the man for whom it was made.
Go to full entry >n. a harlequin duck, Histrionicus histrionicus. See lord and lady (duck) 1956 quote.
Go to full entry >an act passed by the federal government in 1906 to prevent the introduction of non-essential commerce and commercial entertainment on Sunday.
Go to full entry >an interchurch body founded in 1888 to preserve Sunday as a day of rest, prominent in the movement leading to the passing of the Lord's Day Act.
Go to full entry >a fur-trading syndicate with its headquarters at Montreal, organized between 1775 and 1783 and absorbed by the Hudson's Bay Company in 1821.
Go to full entry >n. pl. in New France, one of several seigneurial rights transplanted with the Coutume de Paris, namely, the right to a twelfth part of the purchase price of every estate changing hands by sale or transfer, abolished with the institution of seigneurial tenure in 1854.
Go to full entry >1a n. in colonial Nova Scotia, one of the 100-acre parcels of land making up a surveyed division.
Expand + | Go to full entry >n. a North American wildcat, Lynx canadensis, having prominently tufted ears, large cushioned paws, and a black tail-tip.
Go to full entry >a type of sleigh having two low wooden runners which barely raised the box off the surface of the snow; a crude type of cariole (def. 1).
Go to full entry >a shrub, Viburnum edule; also, its fruit. See note at mooseberry.
Go to full entry >n. the part of a towlying closest to the water front, usually the oldest part of the town and that where many business establishments are located; specifically, this part of Quebec City.
Go to full entry >1a from 1791-1841, the official name of the province lying between the Ottawa River and New Brunswick, now included in Quebec.
Expand + | Go to full entry >a native or resident of Lower Canada, especially a French-speaking Canadian.
Go to full entry >1 the part of a town lying closest to the water front, usually the oldest part of the town and that where many business establishments are located; specifically, this part of Quebec City.
Go to full entry >the Atlantic provinces, especially Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, as opposed to the Canadas.
Go to full entry >the trading region to the south and west of the Great Lakes in the headwaters of the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers.
Go to full entry >the legislative body in a province of British North America, usually the lower of two bodies [see House of Assembly].
Go to full entry >from 1791-1841, the official name of the province lying between the Ottawa River and New Brunswick, now included in Quebec; from 1841-1867, the popular name for Canada East [see Lower Canada defs. 1a & 1b].
Go to full entry >1 the Atlantic provinces, especially Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, as opposed to the Canadas.
Expand + | Go to full entry >of or having to do with the Lower Provinces; also a native or resident of these provinces.
Go to full entry >1 the part of a town lying closest to the water front, usually the oldest part of the town and that where many business establishments are located; specifically, this part of Quebec City.
Expand + | Go to full entry >eleven Quebec townships lying south of the St. Lawrence River and east of the Richelieu River, an area settled in large part by Loyalists and other American immigrants but now populated largely by French-speaking Canadians.
Go to full entry >a breed of sturdy, black draught horse developed in Quebec from stock brought to Canada by early French settlers.
Go to full entry >1a n. one of a large number of persons loyal to the British Crown during the American Revolution, many of whom came to the eastern provinces of Canada as settlers during the Revolution and for some years afterwards.
Expand + | Go to full entry >New Brunswick, because originally settled by United Empire Loyalists.
Go to full entry >n. a North American wildcat, Lynx canadensis, having prominently tufted ears, large cushioned paws, and a black tail-tip. Also, the pelt of the lynx. Also spelled luce(r)vi, lucerver, lucifee, etc.
Go to full entry >a large canoe (from 20 to 30 feet long), used for transporting goods, especially in the North.
Go to full entry >n. a skin boat, 30-40 feet long, 4-5 feet wide, and 3 feet deep, having a flat bottom and narrowing at bow and stern, used for carrying freight and passengers and traditionally rowed by Eskimo women. [See picture at oomiak.]
Go to full entry >1 v. Lumbering (often with off) remove timber for commercial use.
Expand + | Go to full entry >a tract of forested land the bounds of which have been established by the government, which leases or sells the rights to fell and remove timber.
Go to full entry >an expanse of quiet water where logs, often retained by a boom, are penned till needed.
Go to full entry >a farm, operated by a lumber company or privately owned, supplying fresh meat and vegetables, oats, etc., to lumber camps and often serving as a repository for supplies.
Go to full entry >a railway car having a flat bed and staked sides, used for transporting lumber.
Go to full entry >a large-scale operator in lumbering (def. 2), especially in logging (def. 2).
Go to full entry >a large assemblage of square timbers, spars, etc. arranged in any of several ways according to the conditions of the waterways used. [ See picture at raft n. def. 2]
Go to full entry >1 a specially designed log bunkhouse used by a gang of loggers. [ See picture at shanty (def. 1 b).]
Expand + | Go to full entry >n. an artificial sluiceway down which logs or cribs may be directed to avoid rapid, falls, or other obstructions in a river.
Go to full entry >a person who engaged in logging on Crown lands without a licence.
Go to full entry >a heavy, springless, horse-drawn wagon of a type used for hauling lumber.
Go to full entry >n. a sturdy flat-bottomed boat about 20 ft. long, pointed fore and aft and having a shallow draft, specially designed for use in river drives.
Go to full entry >1 n. an owner or manager of a company engaged in lumbering (def. 2).
Expand + | Go to full entry >1 n. the business or occupation of felling and sawing trees and of transporting them to sawmills, lumberyards, etc.
Expand + | Go to full entry >1a n. an owner or manager of a company engaged in lumbering (def. 2).
Expand + | Go to full entry >n. a large species of pike, Esox masquinongy, weighing up to 80 pounds, found principally in the Great Lakes system.
Go to full entry >n. one of a listed number of provisions making up part of the allowances of company officers and missionaries on trips to and from the interior.
Go to full entry >1 n. a North American wildcat, Lynx canadensis, having prominently tufted ears, large cushioned paws, and a black tail-tip.
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