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Definition of Canoeable
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Canoeable
Literary usage of Canoeable
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Geologist by Newton Horace Winchell (1894)
"Hunters' Island, a large Archean tract, almost completely surrounded by canoeable
streams and lakes, adjoining the northern boundary of Minnesota, ..."
2. Chicago and Its Suburbs by Everett Chamberlin (1874)
"Taking the Des Plaines branch, he was able to reach the water-shed, but eight
feet higher than canoeable waters, crossing which he launched into the stream ..."
3. Collection of the Most Celebrated Voyages and Travels from the Discovery of by Forster, R. P (1818)
"... with rapids and falls, which arrest their progress: in such cases, they unload
the canoe, aud carry both it and its cargo to the next canoeable water. ..."
4. The Scotch-Irish in America: Proceedings and Addresses of the Scotch-Irish by Scotch-Irish Society of America (1902)
"... and is canoeable for eighty or ninety miles from its confluence with the Allegany.
"October 2. Fixed the latitude stone on a bank on the west side of ..."
5. Forestry Quarterly by New York State College of Forestry (1911)
"(3) Country far from the base of supplies, especially where canoeable streams
are few, will best be attacked in winter. ..."
6. Physical Survey of Virginia: Her Geographical Position : Its Commercial by Matthew Fontaine Maury (1869)
"... between the " canoeable " waters of the Mississippi Eiver and the Chesapeake
Bay; also the construction of a double line of raus across the mountains, ..."
7. History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania and Its Centennial Celebration by Joseph Henderson Bausman (1904)
"... on this are many Salt Springs, about 35 Miles above the Forks; it is canoeable
about ao Miles farther. The eastern Branch is less considerable, ..."
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