DCHP-1 Online
down North 
1 Nfld to, or northward along, the Labrador coast.
- 1905 When, at last, word comes south that the ice is clearing from the coast, the vessels spread their little wings to the first favouring winds; and in a week--two weeks or three--the last of the Labradormen have gone "down north."
- 1920 Neither do you go north if you know what you are about; you go "down North"; and your friend is not bound for Labrador. She is going to "the Labradore."
2 in, or to, the north country (used by northerners, where most "outsiders" would say "up north"); in the regions where the rivers flow "down" to the Arctic Ocean.
- 1776 (1951) [. . . for even now it is full early for Paddling in the Lakes down to the Northward.]
- 1887 [. . . if the post was situated down in the north, the servant received so much moose meat. . . .]
- 1943 [Caption] These great machines are of inestimable value in levelling the landing strips which make possible year-round flying down north.
- 1954 "We learned in Edmonton to say 'down north,' but it was hard to get accustomed to."
- 1965 The land slopes gradually "down north" from a height of land roughly coinciding with the northern limit of the settlement.
- 1905 When, at last, word comes south that the ice is clearing from the coast, the vessels spread their little wings to the first favouring winds; and in a week--two weeks or three--the last of the Labradormen have gone "down north."