DCHP-1 Online
marais [< F] Hist. (except in place names) 
n. See 1933 quote.
- 1793, 1933 Opposite to this marais on the south shore there is a fine sandbank... .
- 1800 (1897) I went duck shooting, having seen great numbers in the marais during my walk.
- 1933 The French word marais means swamp or marsh. The phrase grand marais was descriptive of many places along the canoe routes of the Canadian Northwest and in early times was not used as a specific place name.
- 1793, 1933 Opposite to this marais on the south shore there is a fine sandbank... .