DCHP-1 Online
canoe pole 
a long pole, often tipped with iron or steel, used for pushing or guiding a canoe or other boat in narrow or shallow streams.
See also: setting-pole
- 1933 Henry wants a pipe coupling for the business end of his canoe pole. . . .
- 1963 [I heard] the muffled click of a canoe-pole on the stones. . . .
- 1933 Henry wants a pipe coupling for the business end of his canoe pole. . . .