Wanigan (wan-i-gan)
Etymology: Ojibwa
A shelter (as for sleeping,
eating or storage) often
mounted on wheels or
tracks and towed by a
tractor or mounted on a
raft or a boat.
Wanigans are constructed, from cedar, in the same way as are the Mersey River canoes
- Cedar sides reinforced with cedar strips on the outside.
- Cedar lid reinforced with cedar strips on the inside.
- Steamed white cedar ribs.
- Cedar planking, tacked with brass tacks.
- Hardwood frames secured with brass screws
- Rope handles.
- Wanigans are finished with 3 coats of spar varnish on the outside and two coats on the inside.
Maintain the wanigan with a coat of floor wax, to the exterior, at the end of each journey.
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