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fur brigade Fur Trade, Hist. 
a brigade of canoes, York boats, Red River carts, etc. transporting furs from the interior posts.
See also: brigade
- 1862 . . . a message [was] received from the officer in charge of the Fur Brigade, which was expected to arrive daily.
- 1959 Fifty years before Confederation the Columbia River . . . was a vital link in the annual route of the fur brigade which brought the pelts from the West to Montreal.
- 1862 . . . a message [was] received from the officer in charge of the Fur Brigade, which was expected to arrive daily.