DCHP-1 Online
canoe ((v.)) † [< n.] 
1a v. travel in a canoe.
- 1905 (1954) When canoeing in that locality I often saw beaver traces. . . .
- 1943 "I canoed to the north to learn the ways of your people. . . ."
1b v. transport (persons or goods) in a canoe.
- 1909 "What's that about my canoeing a man down to Bindon?"
- 1924 At Moose Factory I secured the . . . 36-foot Nastapoka and engulfed her with a motor we had canoed and packed down from the frontier.
2 v. canoe it, travel by canoe.
- 1896 The early settlers had to canoe it to Montreal for their goods.
- 1958 He tramped it [the Peace River country], he canoed and he horsebacked it. . . .
- 1905 (1954) When canoeing in that locality I often saw beaver traces. . . .