Trigano Canadian 1936

Trigano
Canadian 1936

This fast-pitch tent is named after the year paid holidays became the norm in France. EMILY GRAVENOR investigates


Trigano Canadian 1936

By EMILY GRAVENOR
Posted on 13 August 2021

We’re well-placed to recognise there are some obvious plus points to a boom in camping and, if you were a tent maker in France in 1936, you’d probably have felt the same. When French paid holidays came into existence, Edgard Trigano was ready to provide millions of keen campers with the Trigano Canadienne – a ridge tent – and become a key player in the industry.

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