York boat

American  

noun

(sometimes lowercase)

1. a large rowboat or heavy canoe used for transporting supplies, especially by fur trappers in the Canadian Northwest.

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Etymology

Origin of York boat

First recorded in 1860–65; after York, Manitoba, Canada, where it was originally built as a canoe by the Hudson's Bay Company

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York boat

Albany to New York boat race, No. 1 event of the year for outboards; at 41.7 m.p.h.; in a Jacoby Flyaway Special.

From Time Magazine Archive

Whether or not this was precisely true, Husky Marr suddenly sold out his outfit and went out on a York boat, while Black Shand Fraser packed up his and trekked over to the Spirit River.

From The Huntress by Footner, Hulbert

The non-arrival of our trackers was serious, as we had two scows and a York boat, with a party all told of some fifty souls, and only thirteen available trackers to start with.

From Through the Mackenzie Basin A Narrative of the Athabasca and Peace River Treaty Expedition of 1899 by Mair, Charles

By and by a breed came in with the news that a York boat was visible, approaching Grier's Point.

From The Huntress by Footner, Hulbert

But the ox-carts were poled across by means of a big York boat; and the travellers were welcomed inside the fort.

From The Cariboo Trail A Chronicle of the Gold-fields of British Columbia by Laut, Agnes C. (Agnes Christina)