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Wiktionary
n. A remote region; the boondocks.
Wikipedia
In the United States of America, a backcountry area in general terms is a geographical region that is remote, undeveloped, isolated, or difficult to access.
A backcountry region can be close to urban areas if it is not immediately accessible by vehicle, at relatively high altitude, or not generally frequented by human visitors.
Backcountry refers to wildness areas, see Backcountry. Other uses include:
- Backcountry.com an online retailer
- Backcountry skiing, skiing in wilderness areas
- Backcountry Super Cubs, an American aircraft manufacturer
- Backcountry Super Cubs Mackey SQ2, an American bush aircraft design
- Backcountry Super Cubs Supercruiser, an American bush aircraft design
- Backcountry Super Cubs Super Cub, an American bush aircraft design
Backcountry is a 2014 Canadian horror film, written and directed by Adam MacDonald, and loosely based on the true story of 30-year-old Jacqueline Perry and Mark Jordan in the back country of Missinaibi Lake Provincial Park, North of Chapleau, Ontario in 2005, events for which Mark later received the Star of Courage award from Governor General Michaëlle Jean. Theatrical release was scheduled for August 14, 2015.
Usage examples of "backcountry".
Governor with keeping an ear to the ground, as it were, in the backcountry, for signs of unrest.
If there was an organized gang of marauders, they might only now be moving into the backcountry, after a winter spent lying low in the piedmont.
The previous governor, William Tryon, had appointed Jamiequite against his willcolonel of militia for the backcountry above the Yadkin.
Successor is still less able to deal with such Eventswhich are in any Case occurring in the Backcountry, far from his Palace in New Bern and thus the more easily ignored.
This part of the backcountry had not yet formed nor joined a county, though a movement was afoot to that purpose.
Regulator sentiment still ran high in the backcountry, even though the main leaders of the movement, such as Hermon Husband and James Hunter, had left the colony.
Letting word get out that the Governor was working secretly to arm the savages, in case he required to suppress an armed rising in the backcountry, and that he, Jamie Fraser, was the agent of such actionthat was an excellent way to get himself killed and his house burnt to the ground, to say nothing of what other trouble might ensue.
English accent, she had the rough speech I associated with people who had been in the backcountry for three or four generations, speaking to no one in the meantime save raccoons, possums, and one another.
I cannot speak for the Germans, of course, but depend upon it, sir, we shall have all the Highlanders of the backcountry, and not a few of the ScotchIrish, too.
I hope to raise a considerable body of the Scottish Highlanders, who will march from the backcountry to the coast, there to meet with troops sent from England, and in the process, to subdue the countryside on behalf of the King.
I propose, then, sir, is this: you will return to the backcountry, and gather such men as you can.
Part of her yearned to apply for one of the coveted backcountry positions in Rocky Mountains, Big Bend or Glacier.
SAURN: oldest and most respected uplands farmer of the Tarlagar backcountry nigh the Windfangs foothills, who habitually drinks at the Glory of Aglirta tavern, says little, and owns much land and a part of many local businesses.
THAEKER: wealthy uplands farmer of swift tongue and some pride, who dwells in the Tarlagar backcountry nigh the Windfangs foothills, and habitually drinks at the Glory of Aglirta tavern.
TARSAM: a successful but pessimistic sheep farmer who dwells in the Tarlagar backcountry nigh the Windfangs foothills, and habitually drinks at the Glory of Aglirta tavern.