Term: canot (Fr.)
Definition: a birchbark canoe; the 'Montreal' or 'canot maitre' of the fur trade was about 36 feet long, 4 feet wide, 2 feet deep, and carried 14 men.
[Source: McDermott, John Francis. A Glossary of Mississippi Valley French, 1673-1850 (St. Louis: 1941).]