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An Adirondack lean-to or Adirondack shelter is a three-sided log structure popularized in the Adirondack Mountains of Upstate New York which provides shelter for campers. [1] Since their development in the Adirondacks, this type of shelter has seen use in a number of parks throughout the United States, such as Isle Royale National Park in ...
A lean-to shelter is a simplified free-standing version of a wilderness hut with three solid walls and a single- or, in the case of an Adirondack lean-to, offset-pitched gable roof. The open side is commonly oriented away from the prevailing weather. Often it is made of rough logs or unfinished wood and used for camping.
An Adirondack lean-to or Adirondack shelter is a three sided log structure popularized in the Adirondack Mountains of Upstate New York. Lean-to structures offer shelter for campers. [ 5 ] Since their development in the Adirondacks , this type of shelter has seen use in a number of parks throughout the United States, such as Isle Royale National ...
Adirondack lean-to; Bivouac shelter - a tent, or a permanent structure (e.g., a bivacco in the Italian Alps). Bothy - a basic shelter found in rural areas in the United Kingdom, particularly Scotland; Lean-to; Log cabin - small house built from logs; Vernacular architecture - traditional architecture in a particular area
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The word humpy comes from the Jagera language (a Murri people from Coorparoo in Brisbane); other language groups would have different names for the structure. In South Australia, such a shelter is known as a "wurley" (also spelled "wurlie"), possibly from the Kaurna language.