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allowance canoe Hist. 
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- 1907 The allowances never came up with the general outfit, but were sent up in bulk to the head quarters of the district, and there parceled out for each post in the Factor's territory. The clerks or officers in charge of these out-posts went to headquarters about the 15th of August with a half-sized canoe. This being a special trip, made especially for the allowance of any small thing that might have been overlooked in the indent, was called "The Allowance Canoe."
- 1907 The allowances never came up with the general outfit, but were sent up in bulk to the head quarters of the district, and there parceled out for each post in the Factor's territory. The clerks or officers in charge of these out-posts went to headquarters about the 15th of August with a half-sized canoe. This being a special trip, made especially for the allowance of any small thing that might have been overlooked in the indent, was called "The Allowance Canoe."