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Bateau

A bateau or batteau is a shallow-draft, flat-bottomed boat which was used extensively across North America, especially in the colonial period and in the fur trade. It was traditionally pointed at both ends but came in a wide variety of sizes. The name derives from the French word, bateau, which is simply the word for boat and the plural, bateaux, follows…

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Armament
none
Beam
5 to 8 ft (1.52 to 2.44 m)
Builders
various
Capacity
1 to 2 tons
Complement
usually 3 or more
Draught
up to 1 ft (0.305 m) when loaded

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Bateau

Nodes47
Edges46
Triples48
Avg. degree1.96
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Bateau

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related to history · 23
Bateau → Alternately, Batteaux, Beyond, British, British Admiralty, Colonial French, Eggleston's Springs, French, In, Indian War, Many, Missouri, New Orleans, New River, North America, Of Louisiana, One, Revolutionary War, Roanoke Valley, Some British
related to External links · 5
Bateau → Lake George's Colonial Warships, Reconstructed Mohawk River, River, River Batteau FestivalIn Search, VHS
related to Construction · 4
Bateau → Bateaux, The, These, They
see also · 3
Bateau → Ark, BoatCumberland, River
Armament · 1
Bateau → none
Beam · 1
Bateau → 5 to 8 ft (1.52 to 2.44 m)
Builders · 1
Bateau → various
Capacity · 1
Bateau → 1 to 2 tons
Complement · 1
Bateau → usually 3 or more
Draught · 1
Bateau → up to 1 ft (0.305 m) when loaded

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
BateauArmamentnone1.00infobox
BateauBeam5 to 8 ft (1.52 to 2.44 m)1.00infobox
BateauBuildersvarious1.00infobox
BateauCapacity1 to 2 tons1.00infobox
BateauComplementusually 3 or more1.00infobox
BateauDraughtup to 1 ft (0.305 m) when loaded1.00infobox
BateauIn servicec. 1650 – c. 18501.00infobox
BateauLength24 to 50 ft (7.32 to 15.24 m)1.00infobox
BateauNotesbuilt to ferry freight on interior waterways of North America during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries1.00infobox
BateauOperatorscommercial and military freight haulers1.00infobox
BateauPropulsionsetting poles, oars or sail1.00infobox
BateauSpeedvaried1.00infobox
BateauTypeBateau1.00infobox

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