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bastard canoe [trans. of Cdn F canot bâtard] Fur Trade, Hist. 
a birchbark canoe about 30 feet long and capable of carrying two tons of freight in addition to its ten-man crew.
See also: batard canoe canot bâtard
- 1832 (1963) Mr. Erlandson and eight men took their departure for the interior in two bastard canoes and a fishing canoe. . . .
- 1932 Between these two [the Montreal and north canoes] was a hybrid, commonly called . . . bastard canoe.
- 1952 (1954) The largest at York . . . was . . . the bastard canoe--which seemed to me an enormous craft for one so fragile.
- 1832 (1963) Mr. Erlandson and eight men took their departure for the interior in two bastard canoes and a fishing canoe. . . .