DCHP-2
Micmac (canoe) Maritimes DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
a small, two-man canoe (def. 1) of the design used by the Micmac Indians of the Maritimes.
See also: canoe ((n.)) (def. 1) Malecite (canoe)
- 1872 On my arrival at Halifax I set about the purchase of two canoes, but was only able to procure one small Micmac of a suitable size for "portaging."
- 1872 Having here hired three Micmac canoes and six Indians, we chartered a schooner to drop us at the moat of the Cascapediac. . . .
- 1872 On my arrival at Halifax I set about the purchase of two canoes, but was only able to procure one small Micmac of a suitable size for "portaging."