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fish camp Esp. North

• 1 a camp used as headquarters for a fishing party.

  See also: fishing camp (def. 1)  

  • 1900  The tragedy occurred at a fish camp on a small lake about fifty miles up the Pelly river.
  • 1962  In the summer of 1789 . . . Alexander Mackenzie . . . came upon two small fish-camps of Indians. . . .

• 2 a commercial fishing establishment operating seasonally in a remote area, often equipped with dressing and packing facilities.

  See also: fishing camp (def. 2)  fishing station (def. 1)  

  • 1953  Only one thing to do, and they started on their long, pain-ridden walk to the nearest source of help, the watchman's cabin at the fish camp, Gros Cap, five miles away.
  • 1956  Some fish companies have built ice houses at favorite temporary bases and there is a tendency for other shore facilities to be built near such ice houses and for such bases to become permanent fish camps.
  • 1958  Latest reports we have from good authority are that the fish camps will be paying better prices for troll fish this year, for springs, anyway.