Carts and travois

Glenora, the capital of Pembina, sits on the cusp of the great forest and the prairies. The Blueberry river flows from the mountains through Glenora before continuing through the prairies to Bannock bay. Canoes and larger boats were the easiest and fastest route. The river is too shallow for larger vessels. York and larger Sturgeon boats, 5-20 rows or oars and on the larger Sturgeon boats a single sail could be raised. They could hold lots of cargo which was a great source of trade, helping to make Glenora a wealthy city. Armies could be moved quickly by boat. There had even been naval battles fought thousands of leagues from any ocean. Boats with archers could fire volleys on camps or even past towns and outposts as they paddled by. A capsized York boat could send a dozen knights drowning weighed down by mail and armour.
When paths became dirt roads goods and people could come by land. Red river carts were versatile and ideal. Rough and sturdy these two wheel carts could handle the difficult terrain. The six feet in diameter wheels could be repaired with whatever local materials around. The wheels could be removed to Portage across rivers. The carts had wooden sails, and with no grease due to the prairie dust would clog them up, the carts made a squealing noise.
For poorer knights, a travois was an inexpensive option. Two long pine poles tied together to form a simple sledgehammer which could be pulled by a dog or horse. A poor, lordless, or hedgeknight could haul his arms and armour with his own mount or a pack horse. It was also a status of humble knight on a quest. It was to show they no matter rich and opulently armoured or poor that they were humble in whichever quest they had taken up. It was clear by the quality of the charger/war horse that it was a questing knight opposed to one struggling under poverty.