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sturgeon (boat) Northwest, Hist. 
n. a freight boat about 55 feet long and 11 wide, with a draught of little more than two feet, capable of carrying 10-12 tons and propelled by poles and or oars, or, in later days, an outboard motor.
See also: sturgeon-head (boat)
- 1908 . . . the population being mainly mechanics . . . constructed scows, small barges, called "sturgeons," and the old "York," or inland boat, carrying four or five tons.
- 1943 York boats . . . were supplemented by shovel-nosed scows called "sturgeon boats," which could carry still greater loads.
- 1908 . . . the population being mainly mechanics . . . constructed scows, small barges, called "sturgeons," and the old "York," or inland boat, carrying four or five tons.