DCHP-2

wangan (boat) var. of wanigan, q.v. DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

• 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.