DCHP-1 Online
Large Canoe Fur Trade, Obs. 
a large freight canoe, measuring about 40 feet and capable of carrying 4 to 5 tons, used for the voyage from Montreal to the Grand Portage. See picture at Montreal canoe.
See also: Montreal canoe
- 1767 (1954) They informed me . . . that they were gone down with fur to Montreal . . . an Englishman and 8 Servants who mans two Large Canoes. . . .
- 1793 (1933) Mrss Robert Grant . . . and Win Thorburn set out in two Large Canoes for Montreal.
- 1801 (1933) I embarked in the Bark or Large Canoe well loaded. . . .
- 1767 (1954) They informed me . . . that they were gone down with fur to Montreal . . . an Englishman and 8 Servants who mans two Large Canoes. . . .