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

Say, Justin, the York boat lies right below, eh?'

From Menotah A Tale of the Riel Rebellion by Henham, Ernest G.

The scow has even taken the place of the old York boat.

From Young Alaskans in the Far North by Hough, Emerson

A gaunt, flat-bottomed York boat came suddenly round the bend in mid-stream.

From Menotah A Tale of the Riel Rebellion by Henham, Ernest G.

Some Indians engage in "voyaging" or "tripping" for the traders—taking out fur packs to the steamboats or railroads, by six-fathom canoe, York boat, or sturgeon-head scow brigades, and bringing in supplies.

From The Drama of the Forests Romance and Adventure by Heming, Arthur Henry Howard