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canoe brigade Hist. 
a convoy of canoes engaged in transporting trade goods to and furs from the inland trading posts.
See also: brigade (def. 1)
- c1902 (1912) . . . the canoe brigades still bring the winter's hunt to the forts in the spring.
- 1960 Each summer, canoe brigades paddled furs from the interior to the mouth of the Saskatchewan river. . . .
- c1902 (1912) . . . the canoe brigades still bring the winter's hunt to the forts in the spring.