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tracking ground 
1 North a river bank along which trackers walk when hauling a canoe, boat, etc.
See also: hauling place track tracking beach tracking trail
- 1777 (1951) This day we proceeded on the Tracking ground.
- 1778 (1934) . . . we have passed all the tracking ground which is so exceeding bad that no person is able to track that cannot walk without shoes. . . .
- 1847 (1910) . . . there is good "tracking ground" all the way unless the water is very high.
- 1922 [It is] treacherous tracking ground where men . . . hang on by their hands and feet. . . .
2 a stretch of shallow or fast water where canoes, boats, etc. must be moved by tracking (def. 1).
See also: tracking (def. 1)
- 1949 When the tracking ground was reached, the men had to get out and walk along the shore line pulling the boats.
- 1949 There are . . . two other swift stretches on the Saskatchewan, and these are referred to as the "tracking ground."
- 1777 (1951) This day we proceeded on the Tracking ground.