Native people combined overland trails and navigable waterways to form a complex Indigenous transportation system. Dugout canoes of differing shapes and sizes served as the primary method of travel in Northeast Florida. They were made mostly of felled pine trees, hollowed by burning and chipping with a whelk shell axe. Gliding the open waters, Indigenous people were able to fish, hunt, carry goods, visit nearby friends and allies, and communicate with distant lands.
