(in modern use) an area designated as a unit for the local administration of public schools.
Go to full entry >a federal government board having charge of settling veterans on land grants following World War I.
Go to full entry >a small Arctic gull, Xema sabinii, having a forked tail, gray head, and black collar.
Go to full entry >a wiry, wild pony of a distinctive type found on Sable Island in the Atlantic off the coast of Nova Scotia.
Go to full entry >n. a large dark gray or black food fish, Anoplopoma fimbria, of the Pacific Coast.
Go to full entry >a large vessel employed in carrying supplies from Europe to the East Coast fisheries, returning with cargoes of fish.
Go to full entry >n. in the early days of settlement in the West, a doctor who did his rounds on horseback, carrying his instruments, medicines, etc. in his saddlebags.
Go to full entry >in colonial times, an itinerant Methodist preacher who carried his requirements in his saddlebags; a circuit rider.
Go to full entry >in colonial times, an itinerant Methodist preacher who carried his requirements in his saddlebags; a circuit rider.
Go to full entry >in the early days of settlement in the West, a doctor who did his rounds on horseback, carrying his instruments, medicines, etc. in his saddlebags.
Go to full entry >1 a play in which a player of the team in possession of the ball intentionally touches it to the ground behind his own goal line, thus conceding two points to the opposing team.
Expand + | Go to full entry >1 n. the leaf of the bearberry (def. 1), used alone or mixed with tobacco for smoking.
Go to full entry >n. in Indian parlance, a white man, especially an Englishman, or Britisher. Also spelled saganaw, saganosh, sag(g)inosh, sagonosh.
Go to full entry >n. a bluish-gray shrubby plant of the genus Artemisia, as A. tridentata, of the arid regions of the West.
Go to full entry >a bluish-gray shrubby plant of the genus Artemisia, as A. tridentata, of the arid regions of the West.
Go to full entry >a species of grouse, Centrocerus urophasianus, found in arid regions where sage is plentiful.
Go to full entry >a species of grouse, Centrocerus urophasianus, found in arid regions where sage is plentiful.
Go to full entry >a species of grouse, Centrocerus urophasianus, found in arid regions where sage is plentiful.
Go to full entry >n. the edible, purplish berry of the salal (def. 1). Also spelled sallal berry.
Go to full entry >a North American char, Cristivomer namaycush, having important commercial value.
Go to full entry >a pool or quiet water in a river, where salmon rest during upstream migrations; a salmon pool.
Go to full entry >1 a North American char, Cristivomer namaycush, having important commercial value.
Expand + | Go to full entry >a mechanical device for catching fish, consisting of several scoop nets on a circular frame which is driven by the force of the current.
Go to full entry >n. the red-flowered raspberry, Rubus spectabilis, of western North America; also, the berries of this shrub.
Go to full entry >fishing over long periods from a vessel having enough salt to preserve the catch for an entire trip.
Go to full entry >1 a small spring or stream containing salt from local deposits and used by animals as a source of salt.
Expand + | Go to full entry >arid, unproductive saline earth; specifically, a tract of such soil lying some 40 miles northeast of Fort Smith, N.W.T.
Go to full entry >a mass of densely packed pieces of heavy, sludgy ice, especially sea ice.
Go to full entry >a small spring or stream containing salt from local deposits and used by animals as a source of salt.
Go to full entry >of cod, sufficiently impregnated with salt as to be adequately pickled.
Go to full entry >n. an Indian who lived on the Pacific Coast, as opposed to an inland Indian.
Go to full entry >n. a banker (def. 1) carrying enough salt to preserve the caught fish at once, thus making possible protracted stays on the fishing grounds.
Go to full entry >n. the ocean, including all salt-water inlets, canals, and bays affected by tidewater.
Go to full entry >n. sourdough (def. 1a) kept as a leavening agent for future batches of baking.
Go to full entry >a small spring or stream containing salt from local deposits and used by animals as a source of salt.
Go to full entry >a form of dermatitis caused by a fresh-water hydra encountered in certain sloughs on the prairie (def. 2a).
Go to full entry >a hotel or other room rented to commercial travellers and other salesmen who wish to display samples of their goods for viewing by prospective customers.
Go to full entry >either of two low-growing shrubs, Prunus pumila or P. p. besseyi; also, the fruit of either of these shrubs.
Go to full entry >a region in southeastern Alberta, long sacred to the Plains Indians, often a euphemism for death. See 1957 quote.
Go to full entry >n. either of two low-growing shrubs, Prunus pumila or P. p. besseyi; also, the fruit of either of these shrubs.
Go to full entry >n. any of several small winged insects with a sharp bite, especially Phlebotamus sp.
Go to full entry >n. a defensive play in which an attacking player is simultaneously bodychecked by two opponents, especially defencemen.
Go to full entry >n. the flow of sap from the trees in a sugar bush during the late winter or early spring.
Go to full entry >n. a large cauldron used to contain the maple sap that is boiled in sugaring-off.
Go to full entry >spring weather, characterized by cold nights and warm days, that starts the sap running in maple trees and ushers in the sugaring season.
Go to full entry >n. a large cauldron used to contain the maple sap that is boiled in sugaring-off.
Go to full entry >n. the process of boiling maple sap to make syrup and sugar through evaporation and crystallization.
Go to full entry >1 n. a container, usually of wood, used for catching the maple sap running from the spile in a tree.
Expand + | Go to full entry >n. a wooden receptacle equipped with a handle and used for carrying sap from the tree to the sugar house.
Go to full entry >n. a container, usually of wood, used for catching the maple sap running from the spile in a tree.
Go to full entry >n. a char, Salvelinus malma spectabilis, characterized by reddish-orange spots on an olive-green skin, found in western lakes and rivers and on the Pacific coast.
Go to full entry >n. a slender evergreen, Abies balsamea, found in Canada from northeastern Alberta eastward, the source of Canada balsam (def. 1); also the wood of this tree.
Go to full entry >a three-pound battery-operated homing device designed and produced in Canada for use as safety equipment in aircraft.
Go to full entry >n. a belt or waistband, often of worsted and of bright design, as the L'Assomption sash, characteristic of French Canada and long identified with the voyageurs and Métis. [See picture at L'Assomption sash.]
Go to full entry >n. a belt or waistband, often of worsted and of bright design, as the L'Assomption sash, characteristic of French Canada and long identified with the voyageurs and Métis. [See picture at L'Assomption sash.]
Go to full entry >1 n. (often with the) the extensive prairie country in the vicinity of the Saskatchewan River.
Expand + | Go to full entry >a second uprising of Métis, Crees, and white settlers, caused by the continued expansion of Canadian influence and settlement into the Saskatchewan region, nominally led by Louis Riel.
Go to full entry >a species of serviceberry (def. 1), Amelanchier alnifolia, common in the West and prized for its succulent berries.
Go to full entry >a species of serviceberry (def. 1), Amelanchier alnifolia, common in the West and prized for its succulent berries.
Go to full entry >a species of serviceberry (def. 1), Amelanchier alnifolia, common in the West and prized for its succulent berries.
Go to full entry >n. pl. ridges of hard-packed snow, formed by the wind and at times attaining a height of four feet.
Go to full entry >n. a species of pike-perch, Cynoperca (syn. Stizostedion) canadense, similar to the walleye.
Go to full entry >1a n. in politics: an arrangement by which one party agreed, after an election, to drop charges of corruption against another if the second party would make a similar agreement.
Expand + | Go to full entry >n. a small, brown, eastern sub-species, Cryptoglaux acadica acadica, of the saw-whet.
Go to full entry >a large-scale operator in lumbering (def. 2), especially in logging (def. 2).
Go to full entry >members of the legislature, so called because of their abilities at sleeping through sittings, that is, at "sawing logs," or snoring.
Go to full entry >a type of fence made of slabs, log ends, and other waste lumber from a mill placed at an angle to the ground, each piece being supported by a pair of crossed stakes. [See picture at sawyer's fence.]
Go to full entry >n. a guard for a skate blade, usually of rubber or plastic, often used when skates are being worn while walking to or from the skating area.
Go to full entry >a smallish white goose, Chen rossii, that breeds in the Far North.
Go to full entry >1a n. the hair and skin from the crown of the head, taken as a trophy.
Expand + | Go to full entry >n. a sharp knife used by Indian warriors to scalp their defeated enemies, an important item of trading goods in the fur country.
Go to full entry >2 n. a long tuft of hair worn by some Indian warriors with otherwise cropped or shaven heads as a challenge to their enemies.
Go to full entry >1 n. a sharp knife used by Indian warriors to scalp their defeated enemies, an important item of trading goods in the fur country.
Expand + | Go to full entry >n. a sharp knife used by Indian warriors to scalp their defeated enemies, important item of trading goods in the fur country.
Go to full entry >n. a device similar to a scarecrow, used to frighten wolves from carcasses of large game left by hunters for retrieving later.
Go to full entry >n. a belt or waistband, often of worsted and of bright design, as the L'Assomption sash, characteristic of French Canada and long identified with the voyageurs and Métis. [See picture at L'Assomption sash.]
Go to full entry >n. a member of the Royal Canadian (formerly, North West) Mounted Police.
Go to full entry >a kind of bateau in use on the St. Lawrence River in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, so called because similar to a class of boats identified with Schenectady, N.Y.
Go to full entry >(in modern use) an area designated as a unit for the local administration of public schools.
Go to full entry >a group of persons (usually elected) who are responsible for the administration of the public elementary and secondary schools in a given area.
Go to full entry >a group of persons (usually elected) who are responsible for the administration of the public elementary and secondary schools in a given area.
Go to full entry >a person employed to shepherd children across busy streets on their way to and from school.
Go to full entry >(in modern use) an area designated as a unit for the local administration of public schools. Abbrev. S.D.
Go to full entry >1 (in modern use) an area designated as a unit for the local administration of public schools.
Expand + | Go to full entry >land put aside by the Crown, the income from which was to be used to support schools.
Go to full entry >a public controversy that raged in Canada between 1890 and 1919 and arose out of the enactment of provincial laws denying French-speaking Catholics the right to receive instruction in their own language in church-run schools, an issue which became national in scope because these laws were in defiance of the Manitoba Act (1870).
Go to full entry >land put aside by the Crown, the income from which was to be used to support schools.
Go to full entry >(in modern use) an area designated as a unit for the local administration of public schools.
Go to full entry >n. a large shallow excavation intended to hold the spring run-off and rain, serving as a reservoir.
Go to full entry >n. a boat equipped with runners, driven by an airscrew, and designed to operate on ice or water. [See picture at scoot.]
Go to full entry >v. mark and, sometimes, roughly trim (a log) for hewing into square timber.
Go to full entry >n. a coession road, near Perth, Ont., where many Scots settled in the early nineteenth century.
Go to full entry >a region in eastern Ontario, part of the present counties of Lanark and Renfrew, settled in the 1820's by Scotsmen.
Go to full entry >n. a person employed to search out promising mineral properties and to check on the activities of competitors.
Go to full entry >n. a crude, oblong, flat-bottomed boat of shallow draft, much used in colonial days on the St. Lawrence and the Lower Lakes and in later times on the lakes and rivers of the Northwest. [See picture at scow.]
Go to full entry >a fleet of scows transporting Hudson's Bay Company outfits (def. 1) to the trading posts of the North country.
Go to full entry >a scow serving as a ferry across a river, a use to which scows were frequently put.
Go to full entry >1a n. a government certificate which entitled the holder to locate on a stated amount of public land.
Expand + | Go to full entry >a certificate issued following the Northwest Rebellions to Metis as compensation for lost lands and entitling the bearer to 240 acres.
Go to full entry >a person who speculated in land-scrip (def. 2), buying at a very low price from the halfbreeds and selling at a handsome profit to settlers.
Go to full entry >a marquee in which scrip (def. 1 b or 2) was issued to those entitled to it.
Go to full entry >a popular name for any one of seral species of Pinus, especially the jackpine.
Go to full entry >1 n. the process of removing the skin and adhering fat from a seal. See also sculp, n. and v.
Expand + | Go to full entry >a herb of the mustard family, Cochlearia officinalis, common in northern regions and formerly used in treating scurvy.
Go to full entry >a kind of meat pie, formerly served in the logging camps of the Ottawa Valley.
Go to full entry >1 in the Atlantic Provinces, a variety of trout that spawns in fresh-water rivers.
Expand + | Go to full entry >n. a tiny, one-man speedboat driven by a powerful motor and much used for racing, so called because it skims the surface of the water.
Go to full entry >a shallow, crescent-shaped dish of soapstone in which seal-oil or caribou fat is burned to provide light and heat for cooking in an Eskimo home. [See picture at kudlik]
Go to full entry >a patrol of the sealing grounds by government officers whose job it is to enforce hunting regulations.
Go to full entry >n. a shallow, crescent-shaped dish of soapstone in which seal-oil or caribou fat is burned to provide light and heat for cooking in an Eskimo home. [See picture at kudlik.]
Go to full entry >n. a glass jar, usually holding a pint or a quart, in which jam, fruit, vegetables, etc. are preserved.
Go to full entry >a unit of the Royal Canadian Air Force equipped and trained to search for and aid persons in downed aircraft or on marine craft in distress.
Go to full entry >n. the officer in charge of an organized search conducted by a search-and-rescue unit.
Go to full entry >in fly by the seat of one's pants, in the manner of a seat-of-the-pants flyer.
Go to full entry >a pilot, especially a bush pilot, who flies by experience and knowledge of weather and terrain rather than by maps and instruments.
Go to full entry >a growth, especially of trees, after the original cover has been removed by logging.
Go to full entry >1 n. in French Canada: the legal holder of a seigneury (def. 1a).
Expand + | Go to full entry >1a n. in French Canada: a tract of land granted under conditions of feudal tenure by the French Crown, the seigneurial rights obtaining until 1854.
Expand + | Go to full entry >the legislation passed by the government of United Canada in 1854 to abolish seigneurial tenure.
Go to full entry >n. a huge barge that dumps its load of logs into the water when it arrives at its destination.
Go to full entry >1 n. an early name for the Red River Settlement, founded by Lord Selkirk, 1771-1820.
Expand + | Go to full entry >an early name for the Red River Settlement, founded by Lord Selkirk, 1771-1820.
Go to full entry >1 n. in colonial times, a member of a legislative council (def. 1) or assembly.
Expand + | Go to full entry >an elderly person, especially one beyond the normal retirement age.
Go to full entry >a provincial government or the federal government (or both), as opposed to a municipal government.
Go to full entry >n. in certain provinces, the successful completion of a secondary-school course (usually including an extra year of study) satisfying the requirements for university entrance.
Go to full entry >n. icertain provinces, the successful completion of a secondary-school course (usually including an extra year of study) satisfying the requirements for university entrance.
Go to full entry >a school for children belonging to a religious minority in a particular district, operated by a school board elected by the minority ratepayers and financed by taxes imposed on them by the board as well as by grants from the provincial Department of Education. Such schools are under the jurisdiction of the Department and follow the same basic curriculum as that laid down for public schools.
Go to full entry >a school for children belonging to a religious minority in a particular district, operated by a school board elected by the minority ratepayers and financed by taxes imposed on them by the board as well as by grants from the provincial Department of Education. Such schools are under the jurisdiction of the Department and follow the same basic curriculum as that laid down for public schools.
Go to full entry >a teachers college for training teachers for separate schools (def. 3a).
Go to full entry >a board, usually elective, of trustees responsible for the separate schools (def. 3a) in a given area.
Go to full entry >the area within which a separate-school board has responsibility.
Go to full entry >n. the political problem of deciding whether denominational schools should be allowed to exist beside the public schools, both getting support from public funds.
Go to full entry >1 a school system permitting denominational schools to exist alongside public schools, each with its own board and each supported by public funds.
Expand + | Go to full entry >n. the political concept of a province withdrawing from Confederation and existing as a separate and independent state; also, advocacy of or support for this concept.
Go to full entry >adj. consisting of or pertaining to separatists or separatism.
Go to full entry >n. in British Columbia, a political group opposed to Confederation.
Go to full entry >n. an employee of the Hudson's Bay Company, specifically one other than an officer holding a commission from the company.
Go to full entry >a town or city which acts as a distribution point for food, clothing, etc. in a sparsely populated region such as a national park, a summer-cottage area, etc.
Go to full entry >in an election, that portion of the total vote which is cast by persons in the armed services who are absent from their home ridings, these voters casting their ballots on a designated day prior to election day, the results of the balloting being made public some time after the general election results.
Go to full entry >a member of the armed services who casts a ballot in the service vote.
Go to full entry >1 n. any of several bushes or shrubby trees of the genus Amelanchier.
Expand + | Go to full entry >land lying within an urban area and serviced with public utilities, especially sewers, water, and gas mains.
Go to full entry >one of three institutions of higher learning, The Royal Military College of Canada, Le Collège Militaire Royal de St-Jean, and Royal Roads, where cadets (and some officers at the graduate level) take university instruction in courses leading to degrees in Arts, Science, and Engineering.
Go to full entry >the money received by a member of parliament or of a legislative assembly in return for his services and in compensation for loss of personal income.
Go to full entry >n. a long pole, often tipped with iron or steel, used for pushing or guiding a canoe or other boat in narrow or shallow streams.
Go to full entry >n. the colony established by Lord Selkirk in the valley of the Red River in Manitoba in 1812.
Go to full entry >1a n. a community, especially in its early stages of development.
Expand + | Go to full entry >one of several obligations assumed by settlers occupying land on location tickets, or under a Homestead Law.
Go to full entry >a government official who advises newly arrived immigrants and directs them to their place of settlement.
Go to full entry >a road built into an unsettled area to make it accessible for settlement.
Go to full entry >a certificate testifying that settlement duties have been fulfilled.
Go to full entry >1 n. a person who settles in a new country or in another part of the same country, usually on the frontier.
Expand + | Go to full entry >one of several obligations assumed by settlers occupying land on location tickets, or under a Homestead Law.
Go to full entry >one of several obligations assumed by settlers occupying land on location tickets, or under a Homestead Law.
Go to full entry >n. a rude dwelling, especially one of wood, usually in a rundown condition.
Go to full entry >n. a community, or section of a town, etc., that is comprised of shacks.
Go to full entry >the fruit of any of several bushes or shrubby trees of the genus Amelanchier.
Go to full entry >n. any of several bushes or shrubby trees of the genus Amelanchier. See also 1932 quote.
Go to full entry >n. a simple shelter consisting of several upright poles, a lattice roof, and brush or rush-mat roofing.
Go to full entry >n. originally, a wild pony, a mustang; later generalized in the West as a name for any horse, often with a derogatory or contemptuous connotation.
Go to full entry >n. originally, a wild pony, a mustang; later generalized in the West as a name for any horse, often with a derogatory or contemptuous connotation.
Go to full entry >gear made of shaganappi (def. 2), as for hitching oxen or ponies to carts.
Go to full entry >n. originally, a wild pony, a mustang; later generalized in the West as a name for any horse, often with a derogatory or contemptuous connotation.
Go to full entry >n. a large unplaned shingle, usually hand-split, used for roofing and siding.
Go to full entry >among Indians, a small, hut-like structure used by a medicine man (def. 1a) to demonstrate his magical powers by freeing himself from bonds and conversing with spirits.
Go to full entry >n. a so-called amateur, especially a hockey player, who in fact receives payment for his services.
Go to full entry >n. pl. leggings made from the hide, peeled off and cured, from the hind legs of a moose, caribou, etc.
Go to full entry >1a n. a crude hut used as a dwelling by lumbermen in the bush.
Expand + | Go to full entry >a kind of unleavened bread made of coarse flour and resembling hardtack, used in earlier days in the bush cabins and camps.
Go to full entry >a kind of unleavened bread made of coarse flour and resembling hardtack, used in earlier days in the bush cabins and camps.
Go to full entry >farming carried on to supply provisions and draft animals for the shanties (def. 2a).
Go to full entry >a kind of unleavened bread made of coarse flour and resembling hardtack, used in earlier days in the bush cabins and camps.
Go to full entry >a folksong about the men who worked in the shanties (def. 2a); also, a song favored by shantymen (def. 1).
Go to full entry >the potent, black, tea brewed by the shantymen, characterized by its souplike consistency.
Go to full entry >a lay missionary belonging to the Shantymen's Christian Association, which carries out evangelical work among loggers and miners in bush camps across Canada.
Go to full entry >n. a community, or section of a town, etc., that is comprised of shacks.
Go to full entry >n. that portion of the value of a catch of fish or seals due to each shareman.
Go to full entry >n. a man shipping as a fisherman or sealer for a share of the catch, providing his own provisions and receiving no wages.
Go to full entry >n. a species of grouse, Pedicetes phasianellus, found in the West and North.
Go to full entry >a species of grouse, Pedicetes phasianellus, found in the West and North.
Go to full entry >1 n. a low drinking establishment frequented by the loggers and rivermen of Lower and Upper Canada.
Expand + | Go to full entry >n. a fresh-water food fish, Stenodus mackenzii, native to the rivers and lakes of the Yukon and the Northwest Territories, having pinkish flesh when prime and averaging about twelve pounds, though occasionally running as high as forty.
Go to full entry >a municipal officer who assesses the harm done by dogs to sheep, a dog tax being levied to provide his services.
Go to full entry >n. Lumbering 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 >a formation of ice which once covered water but which stands alone as a shell, the water having receded.
Go to full entry >a bead or beads of shell,Venus mercenaria, later also of porcelain, important as a kind of currency among eastern Indians.
Go to full entry >a roofed shelter equipped with a fireplace and tables, intended for the convenience of tourists at roadside campgrounds.
Go to full entry >n. a stand of trees or shrubs which functions as protection against wind and rain and which reduces the risk of serious soil erosion.
Go to full entry >n. an appointed official who enforces certain court orders, such as evicting persons for failure to pay rent and escorting convicted persons to prison.
Go to full entry >a sale of property or goods conducted by a sheriff following a court order for seizure and sale to satisfy a judgment.
Go to full entry >n. 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. one of the many Irish laborers in Bytown [Ottawa] during the 1830's and 1840's, employed first in the building of the Rideau Canal and later as shantymen, (def. 1).
Go to full entry >a protracted donnybrook involving the Shiners and other loggers, such as Canadiens, and resulting from the bellicose attitude of the former.
Go to full entry >1a n. a loosely organized game of ice hockey, played on ice without referees.
Expand + | Go to full entry >1 n. one of several denominations, from one dollar downward, of paper bills issued in the United States in 1837 and circulated for a time in Canada.
Expand + | Go to full entry >n. the time that the supply ship arrives in the summer after break-up (def. 1).
Go to full entry >n. a rattle used by the Indians in medicine rituals and to accompany singing and dancing. Numerous spellings. [See picture at shishiquoi.]
Go to full entry >1 n. a noisy celebration to serenade a newly married couple. See also charivari and saluting.
Expand + | Go to full entry >n. muskeg, bog mud, etc. applied to the runners of a dog-sled so that it freezes into a smooth-sliding surface.
Go to full entry >1 n. one of a pair of webbed frames for walking on top of deep snow. [See picture at snowshoe.]
Expand + | Go to full entry >n. muskeg, bog mud, etc. applied to the runners of a dog-sled so that it freezes into a smooth-sliding surface.
Go to full entry >1 n. a variety of moccasin having uppers of thick, oiled leather that extend above the ankle and, often, a stiff sole. [See picture at larrigan.]
Expand + | Go to full entry >1 v. navigate a rapids, riffle, etc. in a canoe, boat, or raft.
Expand + | Go to full entry >a concentration of stores, usually in or near a suburban residential district, where there is adequate room for parking, spacious walks, etc.; shopping centre.
Go to full entry >n. sea ice that is anchored to the shore and extends seaward in a great shelf.
Go to full entry >1 n. sea ice that is anchored to the shore and extends seaward in a great shelf.
Expand + | Go to full entry >1 a meal or dish that can be prepared quickly and is cooked to order.
Expand + | Go to full entry >a logging camp where the timber, usually pine, is cut into logs of not more than 20 feet.
Go to full entry >a set of signs used for writing and printing Chinook Jargon, adapted about 1891 from a French (Duployé) system of shorthand and used as late as 1910.
Go to full entry >a kind of bunk placed in banks at right angles to the wall so that the user must crawl in head first and out feet first (as in charging a muzzle-loading gun).
Go to full entry >v. of ice, thrust forward uer pressure causing pressure ridges in the ice or causing it to break up in spring.
Go to full entry >the annual thrusting forward and expansion of river ice during break-up, with special reference to the St. Lawrence River, where the phenomenon was accompanied with much flooding and considerable danger.
Go to full entry >n. an indication of the presence of minerals in sufficient quantity to suggest a possible site for a mine.
Go to full entry >n. an indication of the presence of minerals in sufficient quantity to suggest a possible site for a mine.
Go to full entry >v. in hockey, prevent the opposing team from scoring throughout an entire game.
Go to full entry >n. a game in which a team's goalie prevents the opposing team from scoring; also, the credit given a goalie for such an achievement.
Go to full entry >the name given by Simon Fraser (in 1808) to what is now the central and northern parts of the interior of British Columbia, which comprised a department of both the Northwest Company and the Hudson's Bay Company and was one of the great areas of the fur trade.
Go to full entry >1 n. a breed of medium-sized working dog originally from Siberia, characterized by a brush tail and a thick coat of black, tan, or gray and white markings.
Expand + | Go to full entry >n. a breed of medium-sized working dog originally from Siberia, characterized by a brush tail and a thick coat of black, tan, or gray and white markings.
Go to full entry >the member of a club, lodge, ladies auxiliary, etc. who is responsible for visiting sick fellow members, sending them flowers, etc.
Go to full entry >n. a dog-sled party whose job it is to run sick or wounded persons out of the bush.
Go to full entry >sheets of thin birch bark for forming the sides of canoes, as opposed to bottom bark.
Go to full entry >a dam built at the side of a rapids to build up a reservoir of water for floating logs down a slide (def. la).
Go to full entry >n. a narrow, meandering, sluggish side-channel of a river, usually shallow and often coming to a dead end.
Go to full entry >n. a narrow, meandering, sluggish side-channel of a river, usually shallow and often coming to a dead end.
Go to full entry >1 n. a secondary road, often unpaved, leading to a main highway.
Expand + | Go to full entry >1a n. the line marking the side boundary of a concession (def. 2) and running at right angles to the concession line (def. 1).
Expand + | Go to full entry >1a n. a large marmot, Marmota caligata, of the western mountains.
Expand + | Go to full entry >the so-called Galicians, who entered Canada in the 1890's under the immigration policy of Sir Clifford Sifton, 1861-1929, then Liberal Minister of the Interior.
Go to full entry >n. the views and policies of Sir Clifford Sifton while Attorney General of Manitoba, especially with regard to his opposition to separate schools in the 1880's.
Go to full entry >a free range equipped with rests and targets supplied by a forestry department and used by hunters to test their rifles before going into the bush.
Go to full entry >a column of smoke from a dampened fire, intended as a signal or taken as a sign of the presence of other men.
Go to full entry >n. a ground squirrel, Spermophilus undulatus parryi, native to the northern parts of Canada.
Go to full entry >since 1920, a police force under the jurisdiction of the federal government of Canada, formerly the North West Mounted Police.
Go to full entry >1 n. a color phase of the red fox, Vulpes ful, characterized by black fur having silvery-white guard hairs dispersed over the back, found rarely in nature but nowadays bred on fox farms.
Expand + | Go to full entry >1 in colonial days (until 1858 officially), the Spanish dollar, a silver coin valued at so many shillings Halifax currency or York currency.
Expand + | Go to full entry >1 a slender evergreen, Abies balsamea, found in Canada from northeastern Alberta eastward, the source of Canada balsam (def. 1).
Expand + | Go to full entry >1 a color phase of the red fox, Vulpes ful, characterized by black fur having silvery-white guard hairs dispersed over the back, found rarely in nature but nowadays bred on fox farms.
Expand + | Go to full entry >a slender evergreen, Abies balsamea, found in Canada from northeastern Alberta eastward, the source of Canada balsam (def. 1).
Go to full entry >1 a freezing rain that covers all exposed surfaces with glistening ice.
Expand + | Go to full entry >1 a large game fish, Salmo gairdneri kamloops, native to the upper Columbia and Fraser Rivers; a landlocked steelhead.
Expand + | Go to full entry >n. a variation of the silver fox characterized by the presence of many silver hairs, which give it a grayish appearance.
Go to full entry >n. a color phase of the red fox, Vulpes ful, characterized by black fur having silvery-white guard hairs dispersed over the back, found rarely in nature but nowadays bred on fox farms.
Go to full entry >n. a silvery-gray shrub, Elaeagnus argentea, common in the west.
Go to full entry >n. a variety of grizzly bear found in the western mountain region, characterized by hairs having silver tips.
Go to full entry >in hockey or box lacrosse, a special bench outside the playing area, where penalized players are required to sit out the time of their banishment from the game.
Go to full entry >among Eskimos, a special building where communal singing and dancing take place.
Go to full entry >n. a play in which the team receiving a punt behind its own goal line is unable or unwilling to carry the ball back into the field of play, thus conceding a point to the opposition.
Go to full entry >the welfare allowance granted a man appearing on the relief-office records as being single.
Go to full entry >a method of harnessing sled-dogs in single file, used in country where there are obstructions, as in the bush.
Go to full entry >1 n. an organic bog which is a brown to black mixture of water and living and dead vegetation often covered with a carpet of sphagnum or other mosses and often of considerable depth.
Expand + | Go to full entry >one of the British North American colonies, regarded as having equal status with other such colonies.
Go to full entry >1 one of the British North American colonies, regarded as having equal status with other such colonies.
Expand + | Go to full entry >of ducks, remain on a nest of eggs until the last possible moment as danger approaches.
Go to full entry >a smaller subspecies, Odocoileus hemionus sitkensis, of the blacktail deer.
Go to full entry >a race of sooty grouse, Dendragapus fuliginosus sitkensis, found on the Pacific slope.
Go to full entry >1 a tall spruce, Picea sitchensis, found on the Pacific slope in British Columbia.
Expand + | Go to full entry >1 n. a native Indian.
1a v. travel light, establishing siwash camps or sleeping in the open without prepared shelter.
Expand + | Go to full entry >1 a common duck, Clangula hyemalis, of the northern hemisphere.
Expand + | Go to full entry >the building or room in which Indians were received when bringing furs or other goods to trade.
Go to full entry >a list of persons who have been placed under legal restraint in the buying, selling, or consuming of liquor.
Go to full entry >a crew member or owner of a small tugboat that collects logs broken loose from booms, getting a commission on each log returned to its owners.
Go to full entry >a warm ankle-length sock, or liner, of duffle worn inside moccasins, mukluks, etc. and usually folded down at the top.
Go to full entry >a heavy sweater of gray, unbleached wool, knitted by the Cowichan Indians of southern Vancouver Island, distinguished by symbolic designs, originally black and white, now sometimes multi-colored.
Go to full entry >n. the practice of travelling light, living Indian fashion on the trail.
Go to full entry >the original Five Nations together with the Tuscarora nation, which joined the confederacy in the early eighteenth century (1722), many of whom remained loyal to the British Crown, moving north to reservations in Canada, especially that on the Grand River near Brantford, Ontario.
Go to full entry >a birchbark canoe 25 to 35 feet long, 5 to 6 feet wide, and 2 to 2 1/2 feet deep, capable of carrying some 1 1/2 to 2 tons of goods, a crew of 8 or 9, and 2 or 3 passengers, used primarily on the waterways north and west of Lake Superior.
Go to full entry >n. a small fish, Thaleicthys pacificus, of the smelt family, native to the Pacific coast.
Go to full entry >n. one of a pair o runners attached to aircraft for landing on snow and ice, especially common on bush planes in the North.
Go to full entry >n. a motor toboggan invented by the Bombardier Company of Valcourt, Quebec. See note at skidoo.
Go to full entry >n. a small over-snow vehicle equipped with skis at the front and powered by a motor driving a treaded endless track. [See picture at motor toboggan]
Go to full entry >n. a small over-snow vehicle equipped with skis at the front and powered by a motor driving a treaded endless track. [See picture at motor toboggan]
Go to full entry >1a n. one of two or more long poles or logs, often notched or spiked, used as a ramp for raising logs onto a skidway (def. 2a), a sleigh, etc.
Expand + | Go to full entry >1 a city district characterized by cheap lodging houses, second-hand stores, low-class beer parlors and cafes, mission soup-kitchens, etc. and frequented largely by derelicts, transients, petty criminals and unskilled workers.
Expand + | Go to full entry >a trail cut through the bush for dragging or hauling logs from the cutting area.
Go to full entry >1 n. a logger employed in building and piling a skidway (def. 2a).
Expand + | Go to full entry >a trail cut through the bush for dragging or hauling logs from the cutting area.
Go to full entry >n. a small over-snow vehicle equipped with skis at the front and powered by a motor driving a treaded endless track. [See picture at motor toboggan]
Go to full entry >a winter sport in which motorized toboggans compete against each other over a cross-country course.
Go to full entry >1 n. a prepared road having greased skids (def. 1d) over which logs were dragged by teams of mules, oxen, or horses.
Expand + | Go to full entry >1a n. a prepared road having greased skids (def. 1d) over which logs were dragged by teams of mules, oxen, or horses.
Expand + | Go to full entry >n. a large dark gray or black food fish, Anoplopoma fimbria, of the Pacific Coast.
Go to full entry >n. a vehicle used for travelling over snow and ice, equipped with caterpillar tracks at the rear and set of skis at the front. [See picture at bombardier.]
Go to full entry >1 n. a unit of value originally equivalent to one made beaver, or, in some areas, to one martin (def. 2b), and varying in real worth from district to district.
Expand + | Go to full entry >1 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.]
Expand + | Go to full entry >1 a coracle-like boat of saplings and hide used by prairie Indians.
Expand + | Go to full entry >n. the upper framework and leather or canvas sides of the sled; the structure mounted on the toboggan.
Go to full entry >a conical tent in which poles spread at the ground and joined at the top are covered with buffalo hide (originally), canvas, etc., used primarily by the Plains Indians.
Go to full entry >a device, such as a willow wand fashioned into a hoop, or a thin board of appropriate shape, used by trappers to stretch,their pelts to dry. [See picture at stretcher.]
Go to full entry >a tent made of the skins of deer, moose, buffalo, etc., as certain wigwams, teepees, or tupeks.
Go to full entry >1 n. a teamster, so called because he figuratively skins his horses, mules, etc. with his whip.
Expand + | Go to full entry >n. a soft leather pouch, usually decorated, used by the Indians of the old Northwest to carry flint-and-steel, tinder, tobacco, etc.
Go to full entry >n. a powerful vehicle used for drawing or hauling logs from a cutting area.
Go to full entry >v. fail or cause to fail (in an attempt to get or achieve something).
Go to full entry >1 a variety of arum, Symplocarpus foetidus, of eastern North America, characterized by its giving off a strong odor when bruised.
Expand + | Go to full entry >a plant of the Rocky Mountain region, Lysichiton camtschatensis, so called because of its resemblance to the skunk cabbage of the East.
Go to full entry >n. a large fur-bearing animal, Gulo luscus, of the northern forests and tundra, noted for its guile and craftiness.
Go to full entry >n. an officer of the Hudson's Bay Company, so called from the color of the uniform.
Go to full entry >an officer of the Hudson's Bay Company, so called from the color of the uniform.
Go to full entry >n. Halifax, Nova Scotia, so called because of the relatively slack discipline ashore following duty at sea.
Go to full entry >n. [See 1863 quote] 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 fast, not always accurate, shot made by hitting the puck after bringing the stick through a short, powerful arc.
Go to full entry >a heated mobile sled in which are stored the tools, equipment, battery bank, etc. that may be needed on a cross-country journey by a train of vehicles.
Go to full entry >1 a dog, as an Eskimo dog, used to pull a sled (def. 1), especially in the North. See 1577 quote at sled (def. 1). [See picture at sled dog.]
Expand + | Go to full entry >a line used in the trappings of a dog-sled, especially to lash down the load.
Go to full entry >a strong hardwood pole, six to seven feet long, attached to the side of a dog-sled and extending ahead at an angle, used by the driver as a guiding device and as a support while the sled is in motion.
Go to full entry >1 a secondary road used only when the ground is frozen, usually because the terrain is impassable at other times, formerly used by sleighs.
Expand + | Go to full entry >n. a tractor-drawn train of sleds and cabooses (def. 5), the principal means of transporting freight, supplies, etc. in the Canadian North in winter.
Go to full entry >a sheet of canvas or tarpaulin used to cover up the load on a dog-sled.
Go to full entry >n. a sheet of canvas or tarpaulin used to cover up the load on a dog-sled.
Go to full entry >n. a dog-team, often including the driver and fore runner, as well as the dogs.
Go to full entry >a sheet of canvas or tarpaulin used to cover up the load on a dog-sled.
Go to full entry >n. a dog, as an Eskimo dog, used to pull a sled (def. 1), especially in the North. See 1577 quote at sled (def. 1). [See picture at sled dog.]
Go to full entry >n. in Indian and Eskimo parlance, a day, that is the time between one time of sleeping and the next; the distance travelled in this lapse of time.
Go to full entry >a play in which a player moves to the sidelines as if moving off the field during a group substitution, then moves ahead on a quick play to receive a pass unchallenged by a defending player.
Go to full entry >a boarding-house or bunkhouse erected at a work camp for the accommodation of miners, loggers, etc.
Go to full entry >n. a warmly lined bag made of skins, blanketing, canvas, nylon, etc., used mainly when camping.
Go to full entry >n. the bench or platform inside an igloo, used for sleeping and usually at the original snow level, the remaining space being an excavation where cooking and eating and other activities are carried on. [See picture at igloo.]
Go to full entry >n. a bunk-house, such as used by threshing crews, mounted on wheels in summer and on runners or bobs in winter.
Go to full entry >n. the bench or platform inside an igloo, used for sleeping and usually at the original snow level, the remaining space being an excavation where cooking and eating and other activities are carried on. [See picture at igloo.]
Go to full entry >n. a warmly lined bag made of skins, blanketing, canvas, nylon, etc., used mainly when camping.
Go to full entry >n. the bench or platform inside an igloo, used for sleeping and usually at the original snow level, the remaining space being an excavation where cooking and eating and other activities are carried on. [See picture at igloo.]
Go to full entry >1 n. a winter vehicle on runners, drawn by horses or oxen and used for work or pleasure.
Expand + | Go to full entry >a dog, as an Eskimo dog, used to pull a sled (def. 1), especially in the North. See 1577 quote at sled (def. 1).
Go to full entry >a warm robe, often of buffalo or other skins, used by sleigh passengers to keep warm.
Go to full entry >one of two longitudinal pieces on which a sled or sleigh glides over the snow or ice.
Go to full entry >one of two longitudinal pieces on which a sled or sleigh glides over the snow or ice.
Go to full entry >n. (a modern term) for a style of bed current in the first half of the 19th century, characterized by an outward curl at the top of the headboard and footboard.
Go to full entry >n. one of a number of small ball-like metal bells attached to a sled or to the harness of the animal pulling it.
Go to full entry >a group of persons riding together in a sleigh or in several sleighs as a form of recreation.
Go to full entry >n. a group of persons riding together in a sleigh or in several sleighs as a form of recreation.
Go to full entry >1 n. facilities for by-passing rapids and falls by means of slides (def. 1a).
Expand + | Go to full entry >1a n. an artificial sluiceway down which logs or cribs may be directed to avoid rapids, falls, or other obstructions in a river.
Expand + | Go to full entry >the part of a mountain side over which an avalanche or landslide has passed, recognizable as an area bearing a growth of grass and shrubs rather than trees.
Go to full entry >n. a weight, as a rock, a piece of iron or lead, or a sock or mitten full of stones, attached to the first end of a trawl to be set, its function being to moor the end of the line.
Go to full entry >n. a mass of densely packed pieces of heavy, sludgy ice, especially sea ice.
Go to full entry >1 n. a Hudson's Bay Company employee engaged as a skipper for a sailing craft operated by Eskimo crews for local tripping around Hudson Bay.
Expand + | Go to full entry >any of several coarse grasses, Muhlenbergia spp., growing in the sloughs of the Prairies or of the interior of B.C.
Go to full entry >1 any of several coarse grasses, Muhlenbergia spp., growing in the sloughs of the Prairies or of the interior of B.C.
Expand + | Go to full entry >a low-lying meadow subject to flooding during spring runoffs and productive in hay.
Go to full entry >ice that is covered with ice particles skinned off the surface by the players' skates, the effect being to impede movement thus slowing down the game.
Go to full entry >standard time, as opposed to daylight-saving time when the clocks are advanced an hour.
Go to full entry >n. a long box or trough containing riffles (def. 2) by means of which gold is separated from gravel.
Go to full entry >n. a long box or trough containing riffles (def. 2) by means of which gold is separated from gravel. [See picture above.]
Go to full entry >n. the action or practice of separating gold from gravel in a sluice-box.
Go to full entry >n. 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 >n. thick slippery mud, or gumbo, found in the creek valleys of the B.C. interior.
Go to full entry >the pelts of small animals, such as mink, fox, squirrel, and wolverine.
Go to full entry >a late snowstorm, coming at about the time the robins, heralds of spring, are due to return.
Go to full entry >1 n. a fire which gives off dense, acrid smoke from having damp moss, green grass or leaves, etc. heaped on its flames.
Expand + | Go to full entry >a fire which gives off dense, acrid smoke from having damp moss, green grass or leaves, etc. heaped on its flames.
Go to full entry >a soft leather pouch, usually decorated, used by the Indians of the old Northwest to carry flint-and-steel, tinder, tobacco, etc.
Go to full entry >1 n. a fire which gives off dense, acrid smoke from having damp moss, green grass or leaves, etc. heaped on its flames.
Expand + | Go to full entry >a fire which gives off dense, acrid smoke from having damp moss, green grass or leaves, etc. heaped on its flames.
Go to full entry >a can, pail, etc., often with a perforated bottom, used to build a smudge (def. 1).
Go to full entry >a fire which gives off dense, acrid smoke from having damp moss, green grass or leaves, etc. heaped on its flames.
Go to full entry >n. a can, pail, etc., often with a perforated bottom, used to build a smudge (def. 1).
Go to full entry >n. the process of warding off mosquitoes and other winged insects by means of a smudge (def. 1).
Go to full entry >1 n. a large branch or tree trunk, usually submerged, having one end embedded in the bottom of a river or lake.
Expand + | Go to full entry >n. an Indian game played with a straight wooden rod having a weighted head resembling that of a snake, this rod being slid over a smooth field of snow or down specially constructed runways. [See picture at snowsnake.]
Go to full entry >a kind of rail fence in which the rails, often of split cedar, in panels of six or eight, interlock with each other in a zigzag pattern, being sometimes supported by crossed-rail uprights.
Go to full entry >a kind of rail fence in which the rails, often of split cedar, in panels of six or eight, interlock with each other in a zigzag pattern, being sometimes supported by crossed-rail uprights.
Go to full entry >n. a whip having a long, tapering lash or plaited rawhide, often loaded with shot at the tip.
Go to full entry >n. a pass which puts the ball into play from scrimmage, the ball being passed through the centre lineman's legs to another player, usually the quarterback.
Go to full entry >n. a pass which puts the ball into play from scrimmage, the ball being passed through the centre lineman's legs to another player, usually the quarterback.
Go to full entry >n. a shot made by a quick action of the wrist, directing the puck suddenly and accurately at the goal.
Go to full entry >n. a way of hitching sled dogs, called Nome hitch in the western Arctic. [See picture at Nome hitch.]
Go to full entry >n. a kind of snuff, prepared damp and in grated form, usually chewed; chewing snuff.
Go to full entry >a short curved piece of wood or antler used by the Eskimos to knock loose snow from their fur clothing.
Go to full entry >on a road or railway, a blocking of traffic caused by a heavy snowfall.
Go to full entry >a young woman who makes herself conspicuous at ski resorts by the color and attractiveness of her winter garb.
Go to full entry >a small over-snow vehicle equipped with skis at the front and powered by a motor driving a treaded endless track. [See picture at motor toboggan.]
Go to full entry >a fence erected on the windward side of a road or railway to prevent obstruction through drifting.
Go to full entry >material used for snow fences, especially an easily handled combination of slats and wire which can be rolled up when not in use.
Go to full entry >slotted goggles of wood, bone, ivory, etc., worn as protection against snowblindness, especially by Eskimos. [See picture at snow goggles.]
Go to full entry >slotted goggles of wood, bone, ivory, etc., worn as protection against snowblindness, especially by Eskimos.
Go to full entry >a domed structure built of blocks of hard snow; an Eskimo snowhouse. [See picture at igloo.]
Go to full entry >a domed structure built of blocks of hard snow; an Eskimo snowhouse. [See picture at igloo.]
Go to full entry >a whitish-gray lichen, Cladonia rangiferina, a staple food of the caribou.
Go to full entry >pants of sealskin, caribou skin, etc., worn by Eskimos and others in the North.
Go to full entry >the bench or platform inside an igloo, used for sleeping and usually at the original snow level, the remaining space being an excavation where cooking and eating and other activities are carried on. [See picture at igloo.]
Go to full entry >a small over-snow vehicle equipped with skis at the front and powered by a motor driving a treaded endless track. [See picture at motor toboggan.]
Go to full entry >1 n. a fox trap built of blocks of snow and baited, the fox jumping in after the bait but being unable to jump out again.
Expand + | Go to full entry >n. a painful inflammation of the eyes caused by over-exposure to the glare of the sun on expanses of snow and ice and resulting in temporary blindness accompanied by gritty sensations under the eyelids, excessive watering, and, in early stages, double vision.
Go to full entry >a railway engine equipped with a snowplough for clearing snow from the track.
Go to full entry >n. a small over-snow vehicle equipped with skis at the front and powered by a motor driving a treaded endless track. [See picture at motor toboggan.]
Go to full entry >n. a small over-snow vehicle equipped with skis at the front and powered by a motor driving a treaded endless track. [See picture at motor toboggan]
Go to full entry >n. a layer of frozen snow overlying softer snow, formed by the melting and refreezing of the surface, aided by wind compaction.
Go to full entry >n. a knife about 15 inches long having a broad, straight blade and used primarily for cutting snow blocks for igloos (def. 1a).
Go to full entry >n. a warm, usually dry, west or southwest wind, commonest during winter and spring, that moderates the weather in the region east of the Rockies, including much of the western prairies on occasion, but regularly in the foothills from the Peace River to Colorado.
Go to full entry >n. pl slotted goggles of wood, bone, ivory, etc., worn as protection against snowblindness, especially by Eskimos.
Go to full entry >n. a knife about 15 inches long having a broad, straight blade and used primarily for cutting snow blocks for igloos (def. 1a).
Go to full entry >n. any of several alpine plants of the genus Erythronium having white or yellow flowers.
Go to full entry >n. a mushroom-shaped cap of snow that forms on trees, stumps, etc. in regions where snowfall is heavy and constant.
Go to full entry >a group of persons in rural areas banded together to share the work and expense of keeping local roads open in winter.
Go to full entry >n. a boat equipped with runners, driven by an airscrew, and designed to operate on ice or water. [See picture at scoot.]
Go to full entry >n. a sloping shed or roof, now usually of reinforced concrete, constructed over a railway track or a highway so that avalanches may pass harmlessly overhead without blocking the way or endangering lives.
Go to full entry >1 n. water from melted snow, used for drinking and other purposes.
Expand + | Go to full entry >n. a large, curved blade used for thrusting snow from the path of the vehicle carrying it.
Go to full entry >n. a browsing area where a group of moose or deer in winter tread down the snow, remaining there for protection and warmth until the fodder within easy reach is exhausted.
Go to full entry >1 n. the snow bunting, or, less often, the slate-colored junco, Junco hiemalis.
Expand + | Go to full entry >n. a machine that clears snow from roads, sidewalks, etc. by drawing it in and then blowing it some distance away. See 1966 quote.
Go to full entry >n. a stretch of packed snow forming a bridge over a river, crevasse, etc.
Go to full entry >n. a gully made by a snow-plough in clearing a way through a large snowdrift.
Go to full entry >1 n. a domed structure built of blocks of hard snow; an Eskimo snowhouse. [See picture at igloo.]
Expand + | Go to full entry >1 n. a large tracked vehicle designed to carry persons and goods across country over snow and ice.
Expand + | Go to full entry >n. an early type of bombardier which, driven by a propeller, or airscrew, travelled over snow and ice on skis.
Go to full entry >n. any of various devices for clearing snow off roads, railway tracks, etc.; in modern use, usually, a vehicle equipped with a blade for this purpose.
Go to full entry >n. the varying hare, so called because of the heavy winter feathering on its feet; also, in some areas, the Arctic hare.
Go to full entry >1 n. one of a pair of webbed frames for walking on top of deep snow. [See picture at snowshoe].
Expand + | Go to full entry >the thongs of rawhide, or babiche, which are used to web snowshoes (def. 1).
Go to full entry >n. a club made up of persons interested in snowshoeing as recreation.
Go to full entry >a painful state of inflamed joints and muscles affecting snowshoers, caused by undue strain on the tendons of the leg.
Go to full entry >a painful state of inflamed joints and muscles affecting snowshoers, caused by undue strain on the tendons of the leg.
Go to full entry >the varying hare, so called because of the heavy winter feathering on its feet; also, in some areas, the Arctic hare.
Go to full entry >a painful state of inflamed joints and muscles affecting snowshoers, caused by undue strain on the tendons of the leg.
Go to full entry >1 the thongs of rawhide, or babiche, which are used to web snowshoes (def. 1).
Expand + | Go to full entry >n. the thongs of rawhide, or babiche, which are used to web snowshoes (def. 1).
Go to full entry >the varying hare, so called because of the heavy winter feathering on its feet; also, in some areas, the Arctic hare.
Go to full entry >a person skilled at making fast time while travelling on snowshoes (def. 1).
Go to full entry >a painful state of inflamed joints and muscles affecting snowshoers, caused by undue strain on the tendons of the leg.
Go to full entry >n. the practice or pastime of travelling or racing on snowshoes (def. 1).
Go to full entry >1a n. an Indian game played with a straight wooden rod having a weighted head resembling that of a snake, this rod being slid over a smooth field of snow or down specially constructed runways. Also snowsnakes.
Expand + | Go to full entry >an Indian game played with a straight wooden rod having a weighted head resembling that of a snake, this rod being slid over a smooth field of snow or down specially constructed runways.
Go to full entry >n. a wooden shovel about four feet long, used by Indians for excavating holes in the snow when camping on the trail.
Go to full entry >a large white owl, Nyctea nyctea, native to the Arctic regions, ranging in winter south into the United States.
Go to full entry >1a n. a side-channel, especially one that bypasses a falls or rapids, rejoining the main river downstream and thus creating an island.
Expand + | Go to full entry >1 n. a shrub, Shepherdia canadensis, the berries of which have a high saponaceous quality.
Expand + | Go to full entry >1 n. a dessert or drink made from crushed soapberries (def. 2). See 1952 quote.
Expand + | Go to full entry >a shrub, Shepherdia canadensis, the berries of which have a high saponaceous quality.
Go to full entry >a pinkish, frothy substance having a somewhat bitter taste, made from beating soapberries (def. 2).
Go to full entry >a special paddle-like stick for whipping soapberries into a froth in making soapolallie (def. 1).
Go to full entry >1 n. an objet d'art created out of soapstone (steatite) by Eskimo craftsmen.
Expand + | Go to full entry >n. a social gathering, often for the purpose of raising funds for a church or other organization.
Go to full entry >the member of a club committee who is responsible for social activities and for seeing that refreshments are provided at meetings.
Go to full entry >a Canadian political party formed in the 1930's, its policies being based on the economic theories of Major C. H. Douglas, 1878-1952, a British engineer.
Go to full entry >the organization in which the Social Credit Party has become institutionalized outside the political arena.
Go to full entry >a Canadian political party formed in the 1930's, its policies being based on the economic theories of Major C. H. Douglas, 1878-1952, a British engineer.
Go to full entry >the official name of the Social Credit group from Quebec in the House of Commons in the 1960's.
Go to full entry >n. a species of Pacific salmon, Oncorhynchus nerka, that ranges from Alaska to Japan.
Go to full entry >n. corn planted in one furrow and covered with the turf from the next, and so on.
Go to full entry >1 a rude dwelling having walls of sods and a roof either of sods supported by wooden rafters or, sometimes, canvas.
Expand + | Go to full entry >a rude dwelling having walls of sods and a roof either of sods supported by wooden rafters or, sometimes, canvas.
Go to full entry >a rude dwelling having walls of sods and a roof either of sods supported by wooden rafters or, sometimes, canvas.
Go to full entry >n. a farmer, especially a farmer who raises field crops rather than livestock.
Go to full entry >1 n. a rude dwelling consisting of an excavation, often in the bank of a coulee, etc., roofed with sods.
Expand + | Go to full entry >n. the water birch, or mountain birch, Betula occidentalis, of the western mountain region.
Go to full entry >flattery (an expression popularized by Judge Haliburton's stories of Sam Slick the Clockmaker).
Go to full entry >n. a form of baseball in which a smaller playing field and a larger, softer ball is used.
Go to full entry >a land grant made to a veteran under the legislation for rehabilitating soldiers after World War I.
Go to full entry >a federal government board having charge of settling veterans on land grants following World War I.
Go to full entry >a federal government board having charge of settling veterans on land grants following World War I. Abbrev. S.S.B.
Go to full entry >n. a veteran of World War I who settled on land granted under the terms of the Soldier Settlement Board.
Go to full entry >a war chief and his warriors, who held authority in a tribe during war.
Go to full entry >a teepee or lodge erected as the headquarters of the war chief during a state of war.
Go to full entry >pieces of salted herring marinated in vinegar, pickling spices, and onions.
Go to full entry >an extremist sect of the Doukhobors, called Community Doukhobors and dedicated to protesting against the government by disrobing, arson, bombings, and other forms of violence.
Go to full entry >an organization of republican-minded Lower-Canadian Reformers established at Montreal in August 1837 and outlawed in November of that year.
Go to full entry >1a n. fermenting dough, often a piece held over from a previous baking, used as a starter in baking bread, biscuits, etc.
Expand + | Go to full entry >a meal eaten on the trail, consisting primarily of sourdough bread.
Go to full entry >a full beard grown on the occasion of some festivity, such as the 60th anniversary of the Yukon gold-rush, the Klondike Days in Edmonton, etc.
Go to full entry >any old hand in the Yukon or the Northwest Territories; an old-timer, as opposed to a greenhorn, or cheechako.
Go to full entry >fermenting dough, often a piece held over from a previous baking, used as a starter in baking bread, biscuits, etc.
Go to full entry >a special supper held to celebrate an anniversary of the Yukon gold-rush, presumably featuring bread, hotcakes, muffins, etc. baked with sourdough.
Go to full entry >1 in Quebec, the south shore of the St. Lawrence River and Gulf of St. Lawrence.
Expand + | Go to full entry >adj. of or relating to the southern parts of Canada; associated with the settled parts of the country.
Go to full entry >n. the extensive administrative division of the Hudson's Bay Company extending from James Bay southward to the Canadas and including the East Main.
Go to full entry >1a among Hudson's Bay Company men: a Cree, as opposed to the Chippewyans, or Northern Indians (def. la), who lived to the north and west of the Churchill River.
Expand + | Go to full entry >the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal, issued to all persons who volunteered for service in World War II, so called after a kind of processed pork that figured prominently in the diet of soldiers in the field.
Go to full entry >a silver dollar long circulated in Canada and other parts of America during colonial times, being gradually displaced by American and, later, Canadian money.
Go to full entry >a clean, sound tree (from 90 to 200 feet high), topped, firmly guyed, and rigged with a high-lead or skyline used in hauling logs from the cutting area to the yarding area. [See pictures at high-lead system and skyline.]
Go to full entry >v. check an opposing player by thrusting the blade of the stick into some part of his body, especially his stomach.
Go to full entry >any of several species of tough, irritating grass, such as Poa pratensis or Stipa columbiana.
Go to full entry >n. a man sworn in for temporary duty as a constable, especially with the R.C.M.P.
Go to full entry >n. a statement read at the opening of a session of Parliament by the Governor General, or at the opening of a provincial legislature (or, formerly, a colonial legislative council) by the Lieutenant-Governor, as representative of the Crown, reviewing the state of affairs and summarizing the legislation proposed for the session by the Cabinet.
Go to full entry >the message of the sovereign to a colonial council and assembly through the governor.
Go to full entry >a statement read at the opening of a session of Parliament by the Governor General, or at the opening of a provincial legislature (or, formerly, a colonial legislative council) by the Lieutenant-Governor, as representative of the Crown, reviewing the state of affairs and summarizing the legislation proposed for the session by the Cabinet.
Go to full entry >1a n. a small motorized vehicle used by railway employees for line maintenance.
Expand + | Go to full entry >n. any condition or situation tending to increase production through increased labor output; also, a point or bonus system, as the Bedaux system, designed to achieve this end.
Go to full entry >a kind of tobacco that was prominent among the trading goods carried by the fur traders.
Go to full entry >n. the creeping wintergreen, Gaultheria procumbens, of eastern Canada.
Go to full entry >n. a frying pan having long metal legs to hold it above coals or an open fire.
Go to full entry >n. the member of a threshing crew who forks the sheaves from the load into the separator of the machine.
Go to full entry >a strong boot the sole of which is studded with steel spikes, or caulks, used by loggers to keep from slipping on wet or sloping logs.
Go to full entry >n. the member of a threshing crew who forks the sheaves from the load into the separator of the machine.
Go to full entry >n. a small tube or spout of wood or metal inserted in a maple tree to carry the running sap into a pail or other receptacle.
Go to full entry >any of a large number of stones, usually glacial erratics, on which sacred designs had been carved, formerly held in reverence by certain Plains Indians.
Go to full entry >n. a member of a Christian sect founded in Russia in the 18th century, several thousand of whom settled in Western Canada at the end of the 19th century.
Go to full entry >n. a hybrid game fish of the trout family, developed by Canadian biologists.
Go to full entry >1 adj. of skins, removed by slitting along the underside and down each leg so as to be cured by stretching flat.
Expand + | Go to full entry >n. the practice of skinning an animal by cutting down the belly from throat to tail and up the inside of each leg to the belly cut, then peeling the skin off upward toward the back.
Go to full entry >a design of bed having spool-like turnings as part of the design of the headboard and footboard, popular in the nineteenth century.
Go to full entry >the speckled alder, Alnus rugosa, common in wet areas from Saskatchewan to Nova Scotia.
Go to full entry >a bony species of herring, Alosa pseudoharengus, of the eastern seaboard and Great Lakes.
Go to full entry >n. in clearing land, the occasion in spring for burning trees felled during winter.
Go to full entry >n. a kind of set (def. 1) that consists of a resilient sapling having a snare or trap attached to the top and being bent over so that when the trap is sprung, the caught animal is hoisted in the air.
Go to full entry >a drink made from boiling tender spruce shoots, straining off the liquid, adding sugar or molasses, fermenting with yeast, and allowing to cool, widely used among pioneers and still made in some places.
Go to full entry >a grouse, Canachites canadensis, dark gray barred with black, found in swampy woods.
Go to full entry >a grouse, Canachites canadensis, dark gray barred with black, found in swampy woods.
Go to full entry >a resinous secretion of the spruce, used for caulking canoes, chewing, in medicine, etc.; also, a globule of this substance as found on the tree.
Go to full entry >a grouse, Canachites canadensis, dark gray barred with black, found in swampy woods.
Go to full entry >a grouse, Canachites canadensis, dark gray barred with black, found in swampy woods.
Go to full entry >an infusion of boiled tender spruce shoots, used for the prevention of scurvy.
Go to full entry >an infusion of boiled tender spruce shoots, used for the prevention of scurvy.
Go to full entry >an infusion of boiled tender spruce shoots, used for the prevention of scurvy.
Go to full entry >an infusion of boiled tender spruce shoots, used for the prevention of scurvy.
Go to full entry >Prince Edward Island, so called because it is famous for its potatoes.
Go to full entry >a square, double-ended awl of steel, used in canoe-making, Lather-working, etc.
Go to full entry >a species of seal, Erignathus barbatus, characterized by its large size and prominent beardlike bristles about the mouth.
Go to full entry >a species of seal, Erignathus barbatus, characterized by its large size and prominent beardlike bristles about the mouth.
Go to full entry >in the early days of Canadian logging, the staple export of timbers squared in the shanties and rafted to the Quebec timber coves for shipment.
Go to full entry >n. a species of seal, Erignathus barbatus, characterized by its large size and prominent beardlike bristles about the mouth.
Go to full entry >in the early days of Canadian logging, the staple export of timbers squared in the shanties and rafted to the Quebec timber coves for shipment.
Go to full entry >v. occupy land without title to it; settle on public land without applying for legal title.
Go to full entry >the rights of a squatter to remain on the public land he has occupied.
Go to full entry >a type of moccasin having tops of soft buckskin, usually intricately beaded or embroidered.
Go to full entry >n. in mining towns, a dance attended by white men and, mainly, by Indian women.
Go to full entry >1 a pole cut in the bush for use in a temporary shelter and left behind on breaking camp.
Expand + | Go to full entry >either of two closely related evergreen shrubs, Ledum groenlandicum and L. decumbens var. palustre.
Go to full entry >easily gathered fuel for fires, such as small, dry sticks, pine cones, and cow chips.
Go to full entry >1 n. a kind of blueberry, Vaccinium stamineum.
n. a fairly large fish of the interior of British Columbia, Ptychocheilus oregonense.
Go to full entry >1a n. a white man married to an Indian woman, especially a man who thereafter follows Indian ways.
Expand + | Go to full entry >a Montreal street on which are located many banks and financial houses exerting great influence on Canadian business; hence, the moneyed interests of Quebec and Eastern Canada collectively.
Go to full entry >n. an eating apple having white flesh with pinkish streaks when ripe and greenish, red-streaked skin.
Go to full entry >a short, warm jacket of Mackinaw cloth, tight at the waist and roomy at the shoulders, a style favored by loggers, trappers, etc.
Go to full entry >1 n. a waterside shed for gutting, heading, and salting fish to be dried on flakes.
Expand + | Go to full entry >1 n. a platform of poles, usually high enough to be out of reach of dogs or predatory animals, on which fish or meat are placed to dry.
Expand + | Go to full entry >n. the money or the means to obtain food and other necessaries for a certain period of time.
Go to full entry >1a v. mark or indicate the boundaries of (a claim) with stakes.
Expand + | Go to full entry >1a n. a wild, unrestrained rush of animals, usually set in motion by fright.
Expand + | Go to full entry >n. the iroor twisted wire spike on the collar of a dog harness to which a string of ribbons, pompoms, or other decoration may be attached. [See picture at sled dog.]
Go to full entry >one of a range of bunks lining the sides of a shanty (def. 2a).
Go to full entry >n. pl. long underwear manufactured by Stanfield's Ltd., a knitting mill in Truro, Nova Scotia.
Go to full entry >the trophy emblematic of the professional hockey championship of the world, named for Lord Stanley, Governor General of Canada, 1888-93, who presented it in 1893.
Go to full entry >n. a proposed body of representatives from all sectors of French Canada, to discuss constitutional and other matters of vital interest to French Canadians.
Go to full entry >road work and other duties required of settlers by law as part of settlement duties.
Go to full entry >n. a fish, Salmo gairdnerii, of the Pacific coast, which spawns in fresh water after two or three years in the sea. Also steelhead trout.
Go to full entry >n. a fish, Salmo gairdnerii, of the Pacific coast, which spawns in fresh water after two or three years in the sea.
Go to full entry >n. in a dog-team, the dog hitched nearest to the sled or toboggan, his task being to guide the vehicle, keeping it clear of any-thing that might obstruct it.
Go to full entry >1 n. in the canoes and boats of the fur brigades, the foreman of a crew, usually the most skilled boatman and the highest paid.
Expand + | Go to full entry >in a dog-team, the dog hitched nearest to the sled or toboggan, his task being to guide the vehicle, keeping it clear of any-thing that might obstruct it.
Go to full entry >n. in the canoes and boats of the fur brigades, the foreman of a crew, usually the most skilled boatman and the highest paid.
Go to full entry >a kind of soft coal found in 1798 near present-day Stellarton, Nova Scotia. Also called oil coal.
Go to full entry >a reformist political party organized by the Hon. H. H. Stevens, a disaffected Conservative, in 1935.
Go to full entry >n. an Indian from the bush country of the interior, originally so called by the Indians of the Pacific Coast.
Go to full entry >1 v. a log caught on a snag or obstruction when being transported.
Expand + | Go to full entry >a chimney having walls made of logs set in mortar, the whole being covered with plaster, used where stones were not ready to hand.
Go to full entry >n. an Indian from the bush country of the interior, originally so called by the Indians of the Pacific Coast.
Go to full entry >1 n. the person charged with looking after the hockey sticks used by a team.
Expand + | Go to full entry >v. tie up (a dog) with a toggle and noose, after the fashion of the Stick Indians.
Go to full entry >v. carry a puck forward and around opponents by deft and deceptive movements of the stick; control the puck while moving forward on an irregular course.
Go to full entry >a shallow, crescent-shaped dish of soapstone in which seal-oil or caribou fat is burned to provide light and heat for cooking in an Eskimo home. [See picture at kudlik.]
Go to full entry >n. a sub-species of the mouain sheep, Ovis canadensis stonei, found in northern British Columbia and adjacent parts of the Yukon.
Go to full entry >a rail fence having the lower rails replaced by piled stones.
Go to full entry >n. a low sledlike contrivance, sometimes having shaped log-runners, used for removing stones from fields and for other heavy hauling. [See picture at stoneboat.]
Go to full entry >1a n. a structure of grain sheaves, sometimes set up end to end in five or six pairs (a long stook), sometimes in a circle with a crossed pair on top as a shed (a round stook).
Expand + | Go to full entry >n. a mechanical contrivance which loads sheaves or bales into a wagon a stook at a time.
Go to full entry >a member of a harsting crew who throws sheaves onto the stook wagon.
Go to full entry >n. the practice or skill of setting sheaves of grain up in stooks (def. la).
Go to full entry >1 n. a porch or veranda, nowadays especially one at the back door, often unroofed.
Expand + | Go to full entry >n. a type of net-trap placed permanently across narrow channels, for catching seals.
Go to full entry >n. a place providing accommodation for travellers; an inn, usually of a primitive sort.
Go to full entry >1 n. a place providing accommodation for travellers; an inn, usually of a primitive sort.
Expand + | Go to full entry >a skating exercise intended to strengthen the muscles of the legs and feet and to improve a player's ability to change direction rapidly, involving alternate stopping and starting at the command of the coach, who usually controls the movement with whistle blasts.
Go to full entry >the kind of meat obtainable in a butcher's store, as opposed to meat obtained by hunting.
Go to full entry >a flat, unleavened cake made by baking in a frying pan or by covering with hot ashes in a fireplace.
Go to full entry >in a pack train, the horse laden with . the packers' camp outfit, gear, etc.
Go to full entry >v. harvest with a combine while the grain is still standing in the field. Hence straight-combining, n.
Go to full entry >n. the assistant to the foreman of a logging crew, construction gang, etc.
Go to full entry >a social gathering, usually under church auspices, at which strawberries are served.
Go to full entry >a social gathering at which tea and strawberries are served, the purpose of the function being to raise money for charity work.
Go to full entry >n. a man who takes part in the process of floating or driving logs.
Go to full entry >n. the process or practice of floating logs downstream at high water.
Go to full entry >a form of hockey played on a road or street by children using hockey sticks and, usually, a ball.
Go to full entry >n. a conveyance used primarily for carrying passengers and equipped to run on rails set in the street.
Go to full entry >n. a device, such as a willow wand fashioned into a hoop, or a thin board of appropriate shape, used by trappers to stretch,their pelts to dry. [See pictures at stretcher.]
Go to full entry >a device, such as a willow wand fashioned into a hoop, or a thin board of appropriate shape, used by trappers to stretch,their pelts to dry. [See pictures at stretcher.]
Go to full entry >n. on the strike, attempting to pick up someone of the opposite sex without proper introduction.
Go to full entry >n. a system for measuring waney pine to determine the average circumference for reckoning purposes.
Go to full entry >a series or chain of muskegs (def. 1), as opposed to a continuous expanse of bog.
Go to full entry >a system for measuring waney pine to determine the average circumference for reckoning purposes.
Go to full entry >n. a pack-train of mules or horses, capable of making better time than oxen.
Go to full entry >1 n. a log or timber set across a stream to serve as a foot-bridge.
Expand + | Go to full entry >a timber survey in which the cruiser counts or estimates the number of trees suitable for logging on each side of a pre-set compass line.
Go to full entry >a long, narrow holding of land fronting on a river, such as the farms of old Quebec along the St. Lawrence River and those in the Red River Settlement.
Go to full entry >n. a richly cosmopolitan section of Spadina Avenue in Toronto, noted for its markets, flophouses, and polyglot atmosphere; the section of Spadina between Wellington and College Streets.
Go to full entry >a well-known make of blanket produced for the Hudson's Bay Company and having marks, or points (def. 2), woven into the fabric.
Go to full entry >a small maple, Acer pensylvanicum, found in central and eastern Canada.
Go to full entry >a gopher, Spermophilus tridecemlineatus, having stripes down its back.
Go to full entry >any one of several small striped rodents, resembling squirrels, of the family Sciuridae.
Go to full entry >something believed to have power over the forces of nature; magic or supernatural powers believed to have the means of healing or harming.
Go to full entry >a variety of bison, Bison bison athabascae, found in lightly wooded regions of northern Alberta and the Mackenzie District.
Go to full entry >a species of caribou (def. 1), Rangifer tarandus, of the forested areas of northern Canada.
Go to full entry >1 n. a heavy woollen cloth in several colors, much used in the North during three centuries for making blankets, leggings, capotes, etc.
Expand + | Go to full entry >n. a heavy woollen cloth in several colors, much used in the North during three centuries for making blankets, leggings, capotes, etc.
Go to full entry >n. a tall, dead tree, especially one that is blackened and branchless from being caught in a forest fire.
Go to full entry >1 n. in the stumps, of towns, in a region recently cleared of trees.
Expand + | Go to full entry >an undeloped bush ranch, having the trees logged off and, often, having grass sown between the stumps for grazing cattle.
Go to full entry >an undeloped bush ranch, having the trees logged off and, often, having grass sown between the stumps for grazing cattle.
Go to full entry >a tax or royalty paid to the government on each tree taken out of a timber berth.
Go to full entry >1 a device for pulling stumps in clearing land for farms or roads.
Go to full entry >n. a freight boat about 55 feet long and 11 wide, with a draught of little more than two feet, capable of carrying 10-12 tons and propelled by poles and or oars, or, in later days, an outboard motor.
Go to full entry >n. a freight boat about 55 feet long and 11 wide, with a draught of little more than two feet, capable of carrying 10-12 tons and propelled by poles and or oars, or, in later days, an outboard motor.
Go to full entry >n. a freight boat about 55 feet long and 11 wide, with a draught of little more than two feet, capable of carrying 10-12 tons and propelled by poles and or oars, or, in later days, an outboard motor.
Go to full entry >n. a freight boat about 55 feet long and 11 wide, with a draught of little more than two feet, capable of carrying 10-12 tons and propelled by poles and or oars, or, in later days, an outboard motor.
Go to full entry >a type of bark canoe formerly associated with the Kootenay Indians. [See picture at sturgeon-nosed canoe.]
Go to full entry >n. an evening of dancing and other social activities organized by subscription.
Go to full entry >n. a member of a large group of North American aborigines inhabiting the Arctic and northern coastal areas from Greenland to Siberia.
Go to full entry >1 n. one of a number of fresh-water fish of the family Catostomidae, which are bottom feeders having mouths so shaped as to give the appearance of being engaged in sucking.
Expand + | Go to full entry >n. the spring migration of large numbers of suckers ascending fresh-water rivers to spawn.
Go to full entry >n. one of a number of fresh-water fish of the family Catostomidae, which are bottom feeders having mouths so shaped as to give the appearance of being engaged in sucking.
Go to full entry >n. sugar obtained by boiling the sap of certain maple trees, especially the sugar maple.
Go to full entry >v. convert maple sap to syrup by evaporation or to sugar by evaporation and crystallization.
Go to full entry >1 a large cauldron used to contain the maple sap that is boiled in sugaring-off.
Expand + | Go to full entry >1 a maple tree, Acer saccharum, found in Canada from Lake Superior eastward and commercially valuable for its hard wood and for its sap, which is used in making maple sugar and syrup; also, its wood.
Expand + | Go to full entry >v. convert maple sap to syrup by evaporation or to sugar by evaporation and crystallization.
Go to full entry >a fall of snow accompanied by a slight fall in temperature which delays the leafing of the maple trees, thus producing a longer run of sap.
Go to full entry >a maple tree, Acer saccharum, found in Canada from Lake Superior eastward and commercially valuable for its hard wood and for its sap, which is used in making maple sugar and syrup; also, its wood.
Go to full entry >spring weather, characterized by cold nights and warm days, that starts the sap running in maple trees and ushers in the sugaring season.
Go to full entry >the place in a sugar bush where sugaring-off (def. 1) takes place, including the building and equipment.
Go to full entry >a maple tree, Acer saccharum, found in Canada from Lake Superior eastward and commercially valuable for its hard wood and for its sap, which is used in making maple sugar and syrup; also, its wood.
Go to full entry >a party held in the sugar bush at the time of sugaring-off (def. 1).
Go to full entry >n. the place in a sugar bush where sugaring-off (def. 1) takes place, including the building and equipment.
Go to full entry >n. a large cauldron used to contain the maple sap that is boiled in sugaring-off.
Go to full entry >n. the process of boiling maple sap to make syrup and sugar through evaporation and crystallization.
Go to full entry >n. a party held in the sugar bush at the time of sugaring-off (def. 1).
Go to full entry >n. the process of boiling maple sap to make syrup and sugar through evaporation and crystallization.
Go to full entry >a party held in the sugar bush at the time of sugaring-off (def. 1).
Go to full entry >1 n. the process of boiling maple sap to make syrup and sugar through evaporation and crystallization.
Expand + | Go to full entry >a party held in the sugar bush at the time of sugaring-off (def. 1).
Go to full entry >n. a horse-drawn sleigh which takes two persons in seats arranged tandem fashion.
Go to full entry >a summer residence, usually at a resort or some place close to water.
Go to full entry >the opening of pits and cuts and the sluicing of gravel, that is, open-cast mining, beginning in June and ending in mid-September.
Go to full entry >the western part of Southern Ontario lying on the north shore of Lake Erie, noted for its advanced growing season, which makes it a prominent producer of tobacco and early vegetables.
Go to full entry >n. an official representing the Indian Affairs Branch of the federal gornment in its dealings with and responsibilities toward the Indians in a certain agency, reserve, or district. Formerly called Indian agent, as still in popular usage.
Go to full entry >a road built for trucks carrying supplies into a bush camp, mining property, etc. at some distance from public roads.
Go to full entry >acting as a substitute teacher in such schools as may require help.
Go to full entry >n. the process of moving from station to station holding surrogate court.
Go to full entry >n. a method of hunting animals such as antelope, caribou, buffalo, etc. by surrounding them and keeping them penned in while as many as possible were slaughtered.
Go to full entry >a kind of snowshoe common among the Indians of the northeast of Canada, used for travel through deep, soft snow and underbrush. See picture at snowshoe.
Go to full entry >1 v. cut a road or trail through bush country, especially for hauling lumber.
Expand + | Go to full entry >1 the speckled alder, Alnus rugosa, common in wet areas from Saskatchewan to Nova Scotia.
Expand + | Go to full entry >a small species of birch, Betula populifolia, native to the Maritimes, southern Quebec and eastern Ontario.
Go to full entry >n. a tracked vehicle capable of pulling a heavily loaded trailer over rough and boggy terrain.
Go to full entry >a common species of elm, Ulmus americana, found from central Saskatchewan to the Maritimes; white elm.
Go to full entry >marsh gas, methane, which at times burns in swampy areas; will-o'-the-wisp.
Go to full entry >the red maple, Acer rubrum, found on moist sites in the southern part of Canada from Lake Superior eastward.
Go to full entry >a low-lying meadow subject to flooding during spring runoffs and productive in hay.
Go to full entry >1 v. cut a road or trail through bush country, especially for hauling lumber.
Expand + | Go to full entry >1 either of two closely related evergreen shrubs, Ledum groenlandicum and L. decumbens var. palustre.
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 >1 n. a logger employed in cutting roads and, often, in trimming branches from felled trees.
Expand + | Go to full entry >a factory where workers are employed at low wages for long hours of toil. See also sweat factory. ow- The term derives from the practice of "sweaters" in the highly competitive middle-man shops in the garment industry driving underpaid needlewomen and tailors, often immigrants.
Go to full entry >a hut, wigwam, etc. used for taking sweat-baths (def. 1), originally a practice of Indians.
Go to full entry >1 n. a bath such as that taken for reasons of health by certain Indians, the bather sitting naked in a hut or lodge and perspiring freely in the steam caused by water being dripped onto hot rocks, the process sometimes being completed by a plunge into an adjacent lake or stream.
Expand + | Go to full entry >n. a hut, wigwam, etc. used for taking sweat-baths (def. 1), originally a practice of Indians.
Go to full entry >a hut, wigwam, etc. used for taking sweat-baths (def. 1), originally a practice of Indians.
Go to full entry >a hut, wigwam, etc. used for taking sweat-baths (def. 1), originally a practice of Indians.
Go to full entry >n. a factory where workers are employed at low wages for long hours of toil.
Go to full entry >a type of saw having a bow-like tubular frame and a sharp blade with many cutting teeth, especially efficient in cutting pulpwood and any soft, green wood.
Go to full entry >n. a type of saw having a bow-like tubular frame and a sharp blade with many cutting teeth, especially efficient in cutting pulpwood and any soft, green wood.
Go to full entry >a type of saw having a bow-like tubular frame and a sharp blade with many cutting teeth, especially efficient in cutting pulpwood and any soft, green wood.
Go to full entry >a type of saw having a bow-like tubular frame and a sharp blade with many cutting teeth, especially efficient in cutting pulpwood and any soft, green wood.
Go to full entry >n. a check made by a player crouching low while sweeping the ice surface in an arc with his stick, thus deflecting the puck from the blade of the opposing player's stick.
Go to full entry >n. the deck or platform occupied by the sweepman on a scow equipped with a tail-sweep.
Go to full entry >n. a tree that has been undermined by the current of a stream so that it has fallen either partly or entirely into the water although usually still moored to the bank by its roots.
Go to full entry >1 n. a train of sleighs or freight canoes, so called because they move, or swing, over a certain route in periodic trips.
Expand + | Go to full entry >n. a cowboy who rides well out to the side of a herd to keep the animals from spreading.
Go to full entry >adj. of or pertaining to any one of several syllabic systems of writing devised for the use of Indians and Eskimos. [See picture at Cree syllabics.]
Go to full entry >n. pl. a syllabary devised by the Reverend James Evans, a Wesleyan missionary, for the Crees (about 1840) and adapted to Eskimo toward the end of the nineteenth century.
Go to full entry >n. any of certain residents of Upper Canada who, during 1837-8, sought to sever the British connection and join the province to the United States.
Go to full entry >n. a syrup made from the sap of certain maple trees, especially the sugar maple.
Go to full entry >