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back settlement † 

• a settlement located some distance back from the shore of a lake, ocean, river, etc.

  See also: back concession (def. 1)  lines (def. 2)  back township  

  • 1766  From the Thinness of the back settlements, would not the Stamp Act be extremely inconvenient to the Inhabitants, if executed.
  • 1805  Many of the back settlements are well inhabited, and are as near to a market for their superfluous produce as those on the river.
  • 1934  Behind Pubnico is the forest. There are no back settlements. The people live along the shore.