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strong wood(s) [trans. of Cdn F bois fort(s), used by the voyageurs]

• forest; heavy woods; big trees.

  See also: stick ((2))   strong woods country  thickwood(s)  thickwood country   

  • 1794  (1929)  [Soon after their departure 2 tribes of Assinoboines arrived . . . called Strong Wood & . . . Grand River Assiniboine.]
  • 1800  (1897)  We had a quarter of a mile of strong wood to pass through. . . .
  • 1859  (1890)  The new fort was upon the margin of a fine hummock of pine, upon a rising hill or bank, with the noble Sascatchewan in front, its banks covered with strong wood for perhaps a mile in breadth and twenty in length along the river.
  • 1921  The Indians of the Strong Woods are very superstitious in relation to the otter.
  • 1953  Calling themselves the "Skunk Bears," they ranged through the northern Strong Woods and the southern Barrens in winter, robbing lonely white men and métis, playing carcajou to trap lines, and occasionally resorting to murder itself.