DCHP-2

Hudson's Bay bateau Hist. DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

• an inland freight boat, descended from the bateau, in common use from the early 1820's but used for tripping as early as 1790, and finally withdrawn from service entirely about 1930. See picture at York boat.

  See also: York boat  

  • 1871  (1883)  . . . we came suddenly upon four large Hudson Bay boats with full crews of Red River half-breeds and Indians. . . .
  • 1913  August we left Fort St. James in a Hudson Bay bateau for Lake Takla.