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Boating

Given the geography and location of Wolfe Island, navigating over the water has long been an important aspect of life, a significance reflected in the words and phrases in the interviews. The following terms refer to boats and boating, the shipping industry and lighthouses.

airboat

barge

binnacle

block and tackle

boat (the)

boat track

cable ferry

canaller

carrying place

chock

coal barge

coal dock

convoy

depth charge

double-ender

duck boat

ferry boat

ferry track

flywheel

gangplank

iceboat

iceboating

ice punt

invasion barge

johnboat

jolly boat

lake boat

lake freighter

laker

on the lakes

lake ship

landing barge

lift-bridge

light

light (lighthouse)

lighthouse

light station

mate

Nine Mile (lighthouse)

paddle box

paddlewheel 

paddlewheel(er)

paddlewheel steamboat

pilot, n.

pilot, v.

pilot boat

punt

purser

quartermaster

range

Richard punter

river captain

sail (on a lake boat)

sail (over ice)

sailing

sail loft

sail (on) the lakes

sail room

salvage tug

schooner

sea time

ship-to-shore

skeg

skiff

skipper

steamboat

stevedore

St. Lawrence Skiff

t-boat

tug

tugboat

upper laker

watch

water taxi

wheelhouse

wheelsman

winter ferry

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