2. See 1963 quote at Mackenzie River husky.

2. n. a blanket of Mackinaw (def. 1).

3. n. a heavy, flat-bottomed freight boat. [See picture at York boat.]

4. n. a schooner-rigged boat formerly in use on the Great Lakes.

5. n. a short belted coat made of Mackinaw (def. 1).

6. n. (in euphemistic exclamations) See quotes.

2. a blanket of Mackinaw (def. 1).

2. a schooner-rigged boat formerly in use on the Great Lakes.

2. n. one of the coins or tokens constituting beaver currency.

2. n. a gray, crestless jay, Perisoreus canadensis.

2. in Montreal, St. Lawrence Boulevard.

2. See 1953 quote at line (def. 7).

3. See 1942 quote. [See picture at high-lead system.] Also spelled mainline.

2. n. (on smaller, coastal islands in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador) referring to the Labrador coast.

3. n. (in the province of PEI) not on Prince Edward Island; a place name referring to all other locations in Canada (except the island of Newfoundland).

4. n. (on Cape Breton Island) mainland refers to peninsular Nova Scotia.

5. n. (in British Columbia) referring to the City of Vancouver and the region surrounding it; usually in the form Lower Mainland.

2. a strong line or cord.

2. v. See quote.

2. See quotes.

2. a man who has lived in and is familiar with the Northland, especially a trader or trapper.

2. an inexperienced voyageur.

3. the men employed in operating rafts and barges, as distinct from the trappers and canoemen, who considered themselves much higher in station.

2. n. See quote.

3. n. the supreme deity of the Crees, Ojibwas, and related tribes, identified by some whites and Christian Indians with God.

4. n. an idol, charm, or fetish.

5. n. the Christian God.

6. n. a priest or spiritual adviser.

7. n. See quote at Manitou wheat.

2. the sap of the maple tree, used in making maple syrup.

2. v. move ahead! go on! (a command to sled dogs to advance).

3. v. drive (dogs); urge (a dog team) on by whip and command.

2. n. a French-Canadian driver of a caleche or cart.

2. n. (used attributively) of or having to do with the Maritime Provinces or Maritimers.

2. any of the Maritime Provinces.

2. n. a large marmot, Marmota caligata, of the western mountains.

2. n. the pelt of the pine marten.

3. n. See 1907 quote.

2. n. a large species of pike, Esox masquinongy, weighing up to 80 pounds, found principally in the Great Lakes system. Many spellings.

2. the Christian God.

2. n. such a tree serving as a landmark.

2. n. a whole animal, usually a lamb, roasted on a spit.

2. n. an object or practice believed to endow its owner with power to withstand illness or defeat; a fetish or talisman.

3. n. make medicine, enter upon certain rituals intended to gain the help of the gods in warding off evil or sickness, in ensuring a good hunt or successful war, in bringing harm to enemies, etc.

4. n. See quotes.

5. n. throw medicine, cast a spell over, usually an evil spell, as against enemies in war; seek to bring harm (to).

6. n. the secretion from the scent glands of the beaver used as a lure or as an ingredient in a lure.

2.

2.

2. among Indians, a small, hut-like structure used by a medicine man (def. 1a) to demonstrate his magical powers by freeing himself from bonds and conversing with spirits.

2. n. anyone who prescribes or administers remedies for illness, etc.

3. n. among Eskimos, an angakok.

4. n. an itinerant quack doctor, especially one who sells nostrums and panaceas to the accompaniment of a crowd-gathering show.

2. n. Metropolitan Halifax.

3. n. Metropolitan Vancouver.

4. n. any other greater urban region in Canada.

2. n. a player in such a division.

2. n. a species of serviceberry (def. 1), Amelanchier alnifolia, common in the West and prized for its succulent berries.

2. a meeting-place where itinerant preachers held periodic religious services in the backwoods or bush, as for the men of the early lumber camps.

2. n. a simple leather or canvas bag tied on the feet of sled dogs to protect their paws.

3. n. a type of knee-length waterproof boot made of sealskin.

2. n. one of several varieties of lady's slipper, as Cypripedium acaule or C. parviflorum.

2. n. a European; a white man.

2. n. the flesh of the moose used as food.

3. n. the hide of the moose, valued as leather.

4. n. See quote.

2. one of several mixed drinks, the main ingredients of which are rum and milk.

2. terrain having little value except for browsing moose.

2. n. a device for making such a call, especially a bark horn.

2. n. the flesh of the moose used as food.

3. n. any of several species of North American reindeer, genus Rangifer, native to Canada, Alaska, and formerly to Maine and Mass.

2. n. worthless or unproven mining claims.

2. n. a local name used for several birds at various times. See quotes.

2. n. a small tree or shrub, Dirca palustris, having tough, pliant bark.

2. a dragon-fly.

3. the nighthawk, Chordeiles minor.

2. n. a large, wild cat, Felis concolor, once common but now confined to southwestern Canada.

2. n. one of a group of woods Crees living to the northwest of Lake Superior.

3. n. one of several Athapaskan-speaking peoples in the Northwest, as the Kasha, Sekani, Nahani, and, earlier, the western Chipewyans.

2. n. the flesh of the deer used as food.

2. n. broken rock, either ore or waste.

2. v. remove muck (def. 2).

2. n. a mechanical shovel for removing muck (def. 2).

3. n. a rough or physical person.

2. apply mud to dog-sled runners.

2. n. any of several kinds of winter footwear resembling this original boot, such as those worn by Canadian soldiers on winter exercises and those styled by manufacturers for city wear.

3. n. Figurative use.

2. n. the original name for wheelchair rugby (see Image 1).

2. v. travel by or with a dog-sled.

3. v. travel on foot or on snowshoes. See also march, v. (def. 1), musher (def. 1), and mushing (def. 1).

4. v. of dogs, pull a sled under the command of a driver.

5. v. mush it, travel by dog-sled; drive a dog team.

6. v. drive (dogs); urge (a dog team) on by whip and command.

7. v. transport by dog-sled.

8. v. leave town; vamoose.

2. travel on foot or on snowshoe.

3. leave town; vamoose.

2. n. a person who drives a dog team.

2. n. mushing the trails, following a migratory pattern of life.

3. n. the practice or skill of driving dogs.

2. n. See quote.

2. n. the flesh of the musk-ox used as food.

2. n. terrain made up of or characterized by such bogs.

3. n. the substance (humus, vegetation, etc.) of which such bogs consist.

4. n. loosely: See pothole 1902 quote.

5. n. loosely: a swamp or mud-hole.

6. n.

2. the mixed train running on the muskeg railway (def. 2).

2. the Alberta and Great Waterways railway, connecting Edmonton and Waterways, Alberta.

2. n. terrain made up of or characterized by such bogs.

2. an infusion made from the leaves of L. groenlandicum or from the flowers of L. palustre.

2. n. the valuable fur of the muskrat.

3. n. the flesh of the muskrat used as food.

4. n. discuss the fur trade.

2. n. the valuable fur of the muskrat.

3. n. the flesh of the muskrat used as food.