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G.P.C. Obs.

• a scale of currency reckoned in French livres and used by the North West Company in their inland fur trade up to 1820, originally used by the French-Canadian traders.

  See also: Grand Portage currency  

  • 1800  (1933)  I Sold the Grey Colt to La Rose for 100 lb G.P.C.
  • 1804  (1897)  Men not so difficult to hire this year as last, when boaters for Lower Red River refused G.P.Cy. and milieux 500, with extra equipments.
  • 1810  (1950)  [I] engaged Pierre Gignon to work at the House &c for 400 Livres G.P. Currency pro Ann. . . .