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tracking shoe North, Hist. 
a special type of heavy moccasin or beef shoe issued by the Hudson's Bay Company to its boatmen for use in tracking (def. 1) over rough or wet ground.
See also: beef shoe tracking (def. 1)
- 1830 (1940) That Gentleman in charge of Districts & Posts be directed to use their utmost endeavors to collect large quantities of . . . tracking Shoes . . . as they are articles absolutely necessary for the trade in many parts of the country and cannot be purchased in Europe or Canada.
- 1913 The duty of . . . making a certain number of tracking shoes for the voyageurs . . . was all that was required of the women of the fort.
- 1964 In Mackenzie River district, tracking shoes and moccasins were ordered, 120 pairs (60 with tops) in one year.
- 1830 (1940) That Gentleman in charge of Districts & Posts be directed to use their utmost endeavors to collect large quantities of . . . tracking Shoes . . . as they are articles absolutely necessary for the trade in many parts of the country and cannot be purchased in Europe or Canada.