wangan

plural wangans · alternative wangun · alternative wanigan · alternative wannigan

1. MaineUSlumber tradeA boat for conveying provisions, tools, and so forth.

   Wanigan or wangan was the Indian name for boathouse or houseboat, and the wanigans, carrying the cook shacks and supplies, floated down the rivers when the pioneer log drives were underway.

   1942 August, “They Play Jackstraws with Trees”, in Popular Mechanics, page 88

2. MaineUSlumber tradeAny location or cache of equipment, such as a camp, building, or chest of supplies or tools.

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   I should explain "wangan." It is an Indian word, and can mean almost anything, like the Latin res. It can mean a camp or building. Pond-in-the-River wangan—or Pondy wangan, as the drivers call it—is a long, low shack a third of a mile above us, where the Rapid River crew lives during the drive. There is a sign in the bunk-house that reads, "Wangan open an hour after supper." That refers to the store where the cook sells candy, tobacco, snuff, and clothing. (It really is a big box in the kitchen [...].) The cook may say, "I lost my wangan when the work boat swamped," and that means that his dishes are at the bottom of the lake. Or he may complain, "The wangan's runnin' low," meaning this time that he's short of food. Or a man may take his wangan and fly—leave the job with his little bundle of personal belongings. You can tell only by the context what the word means, and it's a very convenient word to know."

   1942, Louise Dickinson Rich, We Took to the Woods, JB Lippincott Co, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 183–184

3. MaineUSlumber tradeThe company store debt of a lumberman.

alternative Wang-an · alternative Wang'an

1. A rural township in Penghu County, Taiwan.

   Penghu thus had become an important conservation area for sea turtles. Penghu's Wangan Township is Taiwan's first place which established protected hatching areas for green sea turtles.

   Green sea turtles hatch in Penghu first time in 12 yrs.

   2016 August 3, Jou-Ting (王柔婷) Wang, 陳顯坤 [Chen Hsien-Kun], “澎湖沙灘綠蠵龜孵化 志工守候記錄 [Green sea turtles hatch in Penghu first time in 12 yrs.]”, in Anthony Lin, transl., Public Television Service, archived from the original on 05 Aug 2016

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   Living conditions on outer islands are being improved. Trans-short wave telephones were installed in Wangan and Chimei villages in August, 1971. The villages also received electric lights in 1971.

   1973, China Yearbook 1972-1973, Taipei: China Publishing Co., page 124

   The centre, about 1km north of Wangan's ferry pier, works to educate visitors about Penghu’s turtle population; it also provides information about other attractions around Wangan Township (www.wangan.gov.tw).

   2010, Steven Crook, Taiwan: The Bradt Travel Guide (Bradt Travel Guides), →ISBN, →OCLC, pages 303–304

   The main purpose of this study was to analyze the critical success factors (CSF) small island to develop marine tourism, and elements of tourism development. Qualitative investigation was used, and object as a case study by Wangan Township in Penghu County, Taiwan.

   2013 October, Cheng-Lung Wu, Hsiao-Ming Chang, “Island Marine Tourism Development Critical Success Factors - Case by Wangan in Taiwan”, in Journal of Global Business Management, volume 9, number 3, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 126

   The Ou family mansion in Penghu's Wangan Township. It is part of a historic community that was named in 2003 by the New York-based World Monuments Fund as one of the world's "100 Most Endangered Sites."

   2016 April 11, “Unique old house”, in Focus Taiwan, archived from the original on 08 Jul 2023, Photos of the Day

   Peng Kuan-chieh (彭冠傑), who fell in love with sea turtles during a childhood visit to the Green Sea Turtle Museum in Penghu County’s Wangan Township (望安), has channeled his passion into making polymer clay models of the creatures, which are being used to encourage conservation efforts and to raise money.

   2017, Jake Chung, “Turtle-lover’s polymer clay models prove an online hit”, in Taipei Times

2. An island of Wangan, Penghu County, Taiwan.

   To the south, Wangan Islet has a population of about 4,000, making it the most populated of the outlying islands.

   2004, Phil Macdonald, National Geographic Traveler: Taiwan, National Geographic Society, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 196

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   Small airports have also jbeen^([sic – meaning been]) built on Chimei and Wangan islands to handle services by light aircraft.

   1982 May 9, “Penghu: Old and new in charming blend”, in Free China Weekly, volume XXII, number 18, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 2

   He distinguishes three main domains in the Penghu archipelago(Fig. 2): (1) in the main northern islands and in central Wangan (Pachao) island, alkali basalts and tholeiites alternate, (2) to the northeast, within a NW-SE trending zone, the alkali basalts contain numerous ultramafic nodules and (3) to the south, on Chimei and the surrounding islands, alkali basalts clearly dominate. . . . Four ages may be related to the major alkali-tholeiite basalt flows of the northern group of islands and Wangan (Pachao) island, 12.7, 13.3, 13.5 and 16.2 Ma.

   1990, Jacques Angelier, Françoise Bergerat, Hao Tsu Chu, Wen Shing Juang, Chia Yu Lu, “Paleostress analysis as a key to margin extension: The Penghu Islands, South China Sea”, in Tectonophysics, volume 183, →DOI, pages 163, 164

   In addition, the biggest of the South Sea Islands - Wangan and Cimei - both have airports that host frequent flights from mainland Taiwanese cities.

   2007, Stephen Keeling, Brice Minnigh, The Rough Guide to Taiwan (Rough Guides), →ISBN, page 446

   Among the archipelago's ecological attractions are turtles and avians. The green turtles (Chelonia mydas japonica) that lay their eggs on Wangan Island between May and October are an endangered species protected by ROC law.

   2014, Steven Crook, Taiwan (Bradt Travel Guides) (Travel), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 310

   This study investigated the potential of achieving energy autonomy in Wangan Island, based on the use of renewable energy....Renewables could replace costly diesel for electricity generation on Wangan, and become a successful condition example of sustainable development. Roadmaps are needed for Wangan to scale up its applications of renewables, whether in the power or transportation sectors.

   2018, Jian Hua, Hong-Gwo Shiu, “Sustainable development of renewable energy on Wangan Island, Taiwan”, in Utilities Policy, volume 55

1. An Aboriginal Australian people of the Isaac Region of Central Queensland.