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up-country Up Country Hist. 
n. the vast region north and west of Lake Superior, as known by the fur traders and explorers.
See also: Northwest (def. 1a) Upper Country (def. 1)
- c1902 Only the most daring hunters would sign contracts for the "Up Country," or Pays d'en Haut as the French called it.
- 1954 Each man who had been on one of those long exciting trips to the interior, the pays d'en haut or up-country, had faced starvation.
- 1963 The upshot was a compromise in 1669 . . . when it was agreed to prohibit the taking of liquor into the woods but to permit its use in Montreal and other settlements, including trading posts in the up country . . . .
- c1902 Only the most daring hunters would sign contracts for the "Up Country," or Pays d'en Haut as the French called it.