Shaganappi, from the
Cree word ''shâkanâpiy'', meaning a "thin-narrow cord", describing the shape of a rawhide thong or lacing.
Red River ox cart
The Red River cart is a large two-wheeled cart made entirely of non-metallic materials. Often drawn by oxen, though also by horses or mules, these carts were used throughout most of the 19th century in the fur trade and in westward expansion in C ...
s were held together by bison hide lacings known as shaganappi.
The word may also refer to:
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Shaganappi, Calgary
Shaganappi is a residential neighbourhood in the southwest quadrant of Calgary, Alberta. It is located between 17 Avenue SW and the Bow River. The ''Shaganappi golf course'' is located north of the Bow Trail.
The name Shaganappi is of Cree ori ...
, a neighbourhood in Calgary
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Shaganappi Trail
Shaganappi Trail () is a major super-4 expressway in the northwest quadrant of Calgary, Alberta. It extends to the south as Montgomery View, a small service road in the neighbourhood of Montgomery and that provides access to Edworthy Park, p ...
, an arterial road in
Calgary
Calgary ( ) is the largest city in the western Canadian province of Alberta and the largest metro area of the three Prairie Provinces. As of 2021, the city proper had a population of 1,306,784 and a metropolitan population of 1,481,806, maki ...
's Northwest quadrant
*Shaginappi Lodge #61, a former lodge of the
Order of the Arrow
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, (
Scouting
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's national honor society). In 1974 it merged with another lodge.
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