wangan (boat)

var. of wanigan, q.v.

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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1n. — Lumbering, Orig. N.B.

a scow or raft equipped to accommodate loggers while engaged in a drive (def. lb).

See: drive ((v.))(def. 1b),wanigan(def. 3)

Quotations

1959

. . . the men slept in tents on the shore, getting their meals from the cook's scow or "wangan" that was moored off-shore. . . .

1959

. . . behind the drive come the Wangan boats which are house-carrying scows powered by outboards and crewed by about twenty men.

1961

Within three weeks the Wangan boat men clear the river of stray logs all the way from Beechwood to Maugerville. . . .

2n.

running the wangan See quote.

1912

"Running the wangan" is the act of taking a loaded boat down the river, from station to station, particularly in swiftly flowing water.