muskeg

noun

1. (Canada, countable, uncountable)A terrain composed of peat bog with tussocky meadow and woody vegetation including spruce.

   “Here, in a decaying cluster of buildings, the Winnipeg train turns gratefully back to the south and hurries to leave behind it the anonymous tangle of forests and muskegs.”

   “Work on the muskeg resulted in the formation in the first instance, and later in lengths of newly-laid track disappearing without trace into the treacherous bog.”