1880  In the remoter north-land competition will be powerless for many years to come, and both soil and climate will protect them from the inroads of colonisation.
1958  The Northland can be variously defined. It may be the area north of 60°, the southern edge of the Canadian Territories or north of 55° at the base of Hudson Bay.
1964  . . . the finished articles are to be packed and sent out to our missionary families in the northland.