The Wanigan

Here at "The River Calls" we'll try to show some of the things that made the life of the lumberjack at least tolerable for the men. One of these was the Wanigan.

As the huge rafts of logs made their way down river, a sizable crew of men made it all happen. They pushed, poked and prodded the logs all the way to the big mills downstream.

The men needed to be fed too and that was the job of the Wanigan crew. The inside of this floating kitchen was roughly about five paces by two paces. There was a large cook stove, a table and a lot of storage space. On the shelves were sacks of flour, yeast, baking powder, molasses, honey and a large supply of prunes. The men all loved prunes.

When it was time to eat, the cookee (cooks helper) blew the horn and the men came running. They'd come in the back and out the front and then find a comfortable place on the river bank to eat. Nothing fancy, but it got the job done.

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Ron