1797  (1964)  The People returned, they brought 1 Bear skin--2 Beaver Skins--1 Bear in Meat--8 pieces Mouse Meat half Dryed & three Beaver in Meat.
1829  (1830)  The moose-meat, though by some compared to venison, would not stand competition with the poorest haunch from Whittlebury, being both dry, devoid of fat, and insipid.
1965  "You have to ask for a steak epais," Pop advised. Steak epais was the password for moose meat, sale of which was forbidden in restaurants in the Saguenay county.