DCHP-1 Online
wangan (boat) var. of wanigan, q.v. 
1 n. Lumbering, Orig. N.B. a scow or raft equipped to accommodate loggers while engaged in a drive (def. lb).
See also: drive ((v.)) (def. 1b) wanigan (def. 3)
- 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. . . .
2 n. running the wangan See quote.
- 1912 (1913) "Running the wangan" is the act of taking a loaded boat down the river, from station to station, particularly in swiftly flowing water.
- 1959 . . . the men slept in tents on the shore, getting their meals from the cook's scow or "wangan" that was moored off-shore. . . .