DCHP-1 Online

bogan ((2)) 2 [< toboggan, q.v.] Lumbering

• n. a kind of sled used in hauling pulpwood logs.

  See also: logboggan  log sled  

  • c1939  (1944)  [Caption] Bogan loaded with 4' bolts [of pulpwood].
  • 1944  . . . boganning uses a small sleigh (bogan) built in the camp with two natural crook runners made from hardwood trees with a diameter from 6 to 7 inches at breast-height.