The Iroquois made dug out canoes by taking and shaping fallen trees. They would dig out a hold in the tree's center to sit in.
they traveled by canoes
usually birch bark canoes
They traveled in canoes
they mostly got around by canoes made out of elm bark or they walked on foot
Some of the Algonquian tribes made canoes from hollowed logs - the Powhatan of the Virginia tidewater area certainly did. Many other Algonquian tribes made canoes of birch bark over a timber frame, including the Ojibwe, Maliseet, Cree, Algonkin and Naskapi.Canoes made by the Iroquois tribes were generally of elm bark over a timber frame.
dugout canoes
Canoes, weapons
The Iroquois that lived along the coasts of Canada built special canoes
The Iroquois had elm bark canoes and they also walked by foot.
They used birch bark canoes and snowshoes.
How long is a piece of string? Since canoes were made in many different sizes for different purposes, the number of people carried in them would vary.Some Iroquois canoes were intended to carry a war party or huge supplies of goods and could be up to 30 feet long; around 18 warriors could easily be carried in such a large boat. There would also be many smaller canoes intended to carry a family, for fishing or carrying a small party of men - despite the misinformation available on the Internet, not all Iroquois tribes made their canoes 30 feet long.Experts have written that the elm-bark and dugout canoes used by the Iroquois tribes were far inferior to those of their Algonquian neighbours (who generally used birch bark) and that consequently the Iroquois groups preferred to travel on foot whenever possible.