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league [< Cdn F < OF ligue; cf. F lieue] Hist. 
n. See 1933 quote.
- 1765-78 (1933) . . . St. Peters River . . . was a Hundred Leags up the River. . . .
- 1793 (1933) From the long Sault we have twenty leagues of still water to navigate.
- 1933 David Thompson found that the "league" of the canoemen averaged about two miles in length.
- 1765-78 (1933) . . . St. Peters River . . . was a Hundred Leags up the River. . . .