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bois inconnu Cdn French "unknown wood" Obs. 
the hackberry, Celtis occidentalis.
- 1800 (1897) Bois inconnu is the best wood we have, preferable to birch or any other I know of. It is light, and bends remarkably well. We have none of it N. of this place [45 miles south of Emerson, Man.], but the further S. we go the more plentiful it is.
- 1951 They built snow-shoes of the bois inconnu.
- 1800 (1897) Bois inconnu is the best wood we have, preferable to birch or any other I know of. It is light, and bends remarkably well. We have none of it N. of this place [45 miles south of Emerson, Man.], but the further S. we go the more plentiful it is.