Now we roll along amidst primeval trees, not the evergreens of the sea-coast, but familiar growths of maple, beech, birch; and larches, juniper or hackmatack--imperishable for ship craft.— Acadia or, A Month with the Blue Noses
Spelling of 'hackmatack' standardised to ensure consistency with other uses 211.— Acadia or, A Month with the Blue Noses
That stumpage on number eight is mostly cedar and hackmatack, and I've got an offer from the folks that want sleepers for the railroad extension He went on with facts and figures, but the Cap'n listened with only languid interest.— The Skipper and the Skipped Being the Shore Log of Cap'n Aaron Sproul
The height of land or plateau which constitutes the interior of the Labrador peninsula is from 2,000 to 2,500 feet above the sea level, fairly heavily wooded with spruce, fir, hackmatack, and birch, and not at all the desolate waste it has been pictured by many writers.— Scientific American Supplement No. 822, October 3, 1891
Leaving the land of hackmatack and pine— The Tent on the Beach and Others Part 4, from Volume IV., the Works of Whittier: Personal Poems
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