Lewis Clarks keelboat was built as a galley in Pittsburgh in 1803 for the Lewis and Clark Expedition following detailed specifications by Meriwether Lewis.

Pirogue lewis and clark. Not only did the Keelboat pirogues and Lewis Clark Discovery Expedition of St. The pirogue soon returned with twelve armed men. T he Lewis and Clark Expedition was based on a geography of hope.

Because the pirogues were good in shallow water moved quickly and were good for fishing. The boats in the Lewis and Clark expedition were used for different purposes such as the keelboat being used as the main boat and the pirogues being used as storage boats for other goods. It was 55 feet long and 8 feet wide with a 3- to 4-foot draft.

Boss Keelboat Pirogue and Canoe. They also hired some local. He wrote As soon as I landed the pirogue three of their young men seized the cable.

The boat was the expeditions main vessel until the spring of 1805 when it. Despite that Lewis risked a trip to locate the source of the Marias River. Vessels Used by the Lewis and Clark Corps of Discovery Nautical Research Journal Vol.

1 The expeditions two pirogues were probably made from planking while its dugout canoes were hewed from logs. The figures 4 and 6 presumably indicate the number of tuns of cargo that could be carried in each compartment. The Boat House houses the one-of-a-kind replica Keelboat and two pirogues that retrace the travels of the original Lewis Clark Expedition.

2 June 1993 6887. After linking up with Clark the expedition left Clarksville Indiana Territory on 26 October 1803 with the keelboat and two smaller flat-bottom boats called by their French name pirogue. Half French half Omaha Labiche became an enlisted and valuable member of the Corps.