Yes, wannigan/wanigan, a great word!

Especially for vanagon owners that carry ceder canvas canoes up top!

Wanigan in my experience is a word for a hard shelled carry-all used in a
canoe. Often made of wood, the nice ones constructed silmilarly to cedar
canvas canoes but without the canvas. Often containing the "kitchen".

alistair

>It may be new only to me, but the other night (while helping my 12 year old
>with homework) I was leafing through the dictionary and came across an
>interesting entry-- wannigan.  The similarity to vanagon was obvious, but
>its definition was the most peculiar.  Seems it is an Algonquin word fora
>shelter ot home, often on wheels.  Could the gang in Wolfsburg haveknown
>that when the named our favorite transporter?
>
>Mark Williamson
>Denver, CO
>88 Wolfsburg Weekender