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express canoe express boat Fur Trade, Hist. 
a fast light canoe (def. 1) used by the fur-traders for speedy delivery of officials, communications, correspondence, and special goods.
See also: canoe ((n.)) (def. 1) canot allège canot du gouverneur canot Rabasca small canoe
- 1824 (1931) A larger supply of Fish than usual will be required at this place as the extra men who accompany the Express canoe in Spring so much earlier than customary will remain here a considerable time.
- 1827 (1912) The Express Boat leaves Fort Vancouver at 1/4 before 6 o'clock p.m.
- 1870 The Express canoe arrived at this city on the afternoon of Sunday last, after a delay that began to give rise to inquietude.
- 1954 Paddling an express canoe was the highest honour for a canoeman. With four or five picked men he would rush the mail or a bourgeois at twice the usual speed.
- 1824 (1931) A larger supply of Fish than usual will be required at this place as the extra men who accompany the Express canoe in Spring so much earlier than customary will remain here a considerable time.