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back lakes Hist. 
in Upper Canada, the many lakes inland from the north shore of Lake Ontario, such as Lake Simcoe, Rice Lake, etc.
- 1834 (1926) One or other of us will go over to Rochester, with a man who knows the points of an ox, and bring over six yoke . . . for ourselves and others on the Back Lakes.
- 1937 These families not only contributed greatly to the development of the district, but most of them wrote extensively concerning their experiences, and made the "back lakes" region well known in the United Kingdom and the United States.
- 1964 In the early forties the "back lakes" almost as far west as Lake Simcoe were being utilized to float square timber by way of the Trent system. . . .
- 1834 (1926) One or other of us will go over to Rochester, with a man who knows the points of an ox, and bring over six yoke . . . for ourselves and others on the Back Lakes.