keelboat
Ridged cargo vessel
A keelboat is a shallow freight boat with a structural keel, used on American rivers in the 18th and 19th centuries.
Unlike flatboats, keelboats could travel upstream—poled, rowed, or towed from shore.
The term also refers to a sailboat with a fixed keel rather than a centerboard, providing stability in deeper waters.
Early 1800s expedition leaders
- expeditionOrganized exploratory journey
- fur tradeCommercial exchange of animal skins
- voyageurFrench-Canadian fur transporter
- polingPropelling craft by push-stick
bushwhacking · warping · keelboatmen · riverman · westward expansion · cargo transport · trading post · outpost
Outer covering or frame
- mastVessel's sail support
- rudderPivoting stern blade
- tillerBoat steering lever
- centerboardRetractable sailboat fin
deck · gunwale · bow · stern · rigging · sailcloth · oarlock · towline
Directed flow of charge
- channelPassage for transmission
- tributaryStream entering larger river
- downstreamAlong the current's path
- upstreamToward a river's origin
shallows · sandbar · snag · towpath · portage · landing · levee · confluence
Lewis and Clark
Early 1800s expedition leaders
- expeditionOrganized exploratory journey
- fur tradeCommercial exchange of animal skins
- voyageurFrench-Canadian fur transporter
poling · bushwhacking · warping · keelboatmen · riverman · westward expansion · cargo transport · trading post · outpost · provisions
hull
Outer covering or frame
centerboard · deck · gunwale · bow · stern · rigging · sailcloth · oarlock · towline · cargo hold
current
Directed flow of charge
- channelPassage for transmission
- tributaryStream entering larger river
- downstreamAlong the current's path
upstream · shallows · sandbar · snag · towpath · portage · landing · levee · confluence · meander
schooner
Multi-masted sailing craft
sloop · barge · scow · skiff · wherry · pinnace · riverboat · dinghy · pirogue · bateau
tacking
Angled sailing maneuver
port · helm · skipper · rigging · mainsail · heading · mooring · navigation · crewing · downriver
- boatsship, canoe, kayak, yacht, ferry
- sailingsailing, sails, sailboats, catamaran, yacht
- Frontier Transportcovered wagon, stagecoach, prairie schooner, Conestoga wagon, wagon train
- historic travelGrand Tour, carriage, pilgrimages, wagon, Silk Road
- river boatsriverboat, steamboat, paddle steamer, narrowboat, towboat
- flat-bottomed boatsjohnboat, punt, barge, scow, pram