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backlands † 
n.pl. back country (def. 1); wild, unsettled or sparsely settled areas.
See also: back country (def. 1)
- 1830 The nearest approach that I have observed among this race [negroes] is in a few families who occupy the back-lands of Great Tracadie, an Acadian township near the Gut of Canso.
- 1960 In the early 1800's people said that these backlands would produce rich lumber fortunes.
- 1830 The nearest approach that I have observed among this race [negroes] is in a few families who occupy the back-lands of Great Tracadie, an Acadian township near the Gut of Canso.