DCHP-1 Online
lower countries Fur Trade, Obs. 
the trading region to the south and west of the Great Lakes in the headwaters of the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers.
See also: Upper Country (def. 1)
- 1761 (1901) Michilimackinac is the place of deposit, and point of departure between the upper countries and the lower.
- 1761 (1901) Michilimackinac is the place of deposit, and point of departure between the upper countries and the lower.