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Winter

The challenges and joys of Wolfe Island winters were frequent topics of discussion in the interviews. The following terms refer to winter recreation, transportation and other other aspects of living with the cold and ice.

boat track

bobsled

box stove

buffalo robe

coal stove

Crack (the)

cutter

drive the ice

ferry track

firebox

flatbed sleigh

glare

hand sleigh

horse and cutter

horse and sleigh

iceboat

iceboating

ice box

(ice) cake

ice car

ice days

ice hole

ice house

ice pole

ice punt

ice road

ice saw

ice storm

ice story

ice tongs

ice track

ice travel

oil stove

one horse sleigh

pot-bellied stove

pressure crack

sail 

shindig, n.

shindig, v.

Ski-doo

skidoo (derivatives)

slush hole

team and sleigh

toboggan

tobogganing

walk the ice

winter ferry

winter road

wood stove

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