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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 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 ...
The Adirondack lean-to was developed by guides of the region as convenient campsite to house hunting and fishing parties. The earliest of these shelters were quickly and crudely built but they still offered shelter from the elements. As the Adirondacks developed, so did the lean-to structures. The previous temporary structures were replaced by ...
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.
Tompkins County plans to redevelop a one-acre parcel, built with a “vision of making homelessness rare.” County development at 227 Cherry Street is expected to create a shelter planned to use ...
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The shelter system's operations have changed substantially over the last 18 months, thanks in part to caps mandated by the Healey administration and through experience. Last fall, Gov. Maura ...
A shelterwood establishment cut in an eastern white pine stand in Maine.. Shelterwood cutting removes part of the old forest stand to allow for a natural establishment of seedlings under the cover of the remaining trees. [1]