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line post
Fur Trade
a fur post close to a railway line.
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line ((n.))
(def. 7)
1921
 
. . . even now Long Lake cannot be classed as a "line post," owing to the distance of two miles from the station. . . .
1931
 
. . . visiting at North Bay . . . besides visiting the "line" posts on the C.N.R., belonging to Superior-Huron district.
1961
 
I guess "roughing" is the right word to describe the year we started at the line post of Nakina. . . .