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fishing camp 
1 a camp used as headquarters for a fishing party.
See also: fish camp (def. 1)
- 1934 This island is a fishing camp where the trappers come in summer to set nets and get fish for dog feed during the winter.
2 a commercial fishing establishment operating seasonally in a remote area, often equipped with dressing and packing facilities.
See also: fish camp (def. 2)
- 1936 The broken-down debris, as one might call them, of the Pacific Coast mining and fishing camps, such as Juneau, Ketchikan, Wrangel and a dozen more, came in over the Skagway trail and Chilcoot Pass.
- 1958 By the same token, he went on, "the minister of transport could occupy a disused wharf as a fishing camp."
3 an establishment providing accommodation and, usually, boats for sport fishermen.
See also: fishing lodge
- 1955 Kitchen girl twenty or over, for work from May 1st to October 1st at fishing camp on Lake of the Woods at Sioux Narrows, Ontario.
- 1965 . . . one farmer has turned a bad farm into a good little fishing camp. . . .
- 1934 This island is a fishing camp where the trappers come in summer to set nets and get fish for dog feed during the winter.