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A pirogue ( or ), also called a piragua or piraga, is any of various small , particularly Dugout canoe and . The word is French language and is derived from Spanish language piragua , which comes from the Carib piraua.
Pirogues are usually propelled by paddles that have one blade (as opposed to a kayak paddle, which has two). It can also be punted with a push pole in shallow water. Small Sail are built by local fishermen and they can also be employed. There are two types of sails with differences in their shapes, the square one is used mainly for fishing near the coast and is only useful for , while the triangular-shaped ones are used to transfer goods from one place to another by maintaining a bowline direction. Outboard motors are increasingly being used in many regions.
Pirogues were used by Lewis and Clark on the Missouri River and westward from 1804–1806, in addition to , larger flat-bottomed boats that could only be used in large rivers.Ambrose, Stephen (1997). Undaunted Courage. Their pirogues were medium-sized boats of the company carrying eight rowers and a pilot, capable of carrying eight tons of cargo. "Pirogues", Discovering Lewis & Clark, The Lewis and Clark Fort Mandan Foundation, 2009 Henry D. Thoreau writes of using heavy pirogues in his book The Maine Woods.
In his 1952 classic song "Jambalaya", Hank Williams refers to the pirogue in the line "me gotta go pole the pirogue down the bayou". Johnny Horton, an avid Louisiana fisherman who celebrated Cajun customs and culture, also mentions pirogues in his 1956 song "I Got a Hole in My Pirogue". Hank Williams, Jr. (son of the aforementioned Hank Williams) had a hit song in 1969 "Cajun Baby", which refers to the pirogue in the line "ride around in my old pirogue".
Doug Kershaw's 1961 hit "Louisiana Man" includes the line "he jumps in his pirogue headed down the bayou". Many online lyrics sites misunderstand this line, saying 'hero' or sometimes 'biro' instead.
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