A Pirogue Page

This page is a collection of pirogue references. I've heard this word pronounced variously, "pie-roag" or "peer-row", but Louisianans tell me its properly "pie-rog" (rhymes with hog). None of these designs quite match the upper Mississippi River Duck Hunting Skiff design (above) that I am searching for, but they are all very interesting nonetheless.
Pirogues started with dugout cypress logs... Now evolved into "plank pirogues"....

Why build a pirogue instead of a canoe?

Pirogue Designs:

Applegate Boatworks "Zydeco"
Uncle John's Cajun Pirogue Wooden Boat Kit
Jim Michalak's Piragua - 14 ft, external chine log
Ron Chapman's "Louisiana Pirogues"
Glen-L Pirogue (Stitch and Glue plans, kits)
Duck Commander pirogues "Aluminum pirogues are the ultimate cross between wood and fiberglass" (??? - and NOISY!)
Caddo Lake Bateau, In Peter Spectre's "10 Wooden Boats You Can Build"
The 6 hour canoe
A pirogue advertised by Common Sense Boats

Pirogues designed to sail:

Bolger Peero

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