The castaway used logs and vine to create a raft that he hoped would help him get off the island.

Each raft was only large enough to carry three to four people across the river.

Explorers hopped on a raft with a Native American guide, who took them over the rushing rapids.

A small raft a few flimsy life jackets were the only flotation devices available to the sailors on the sinking ship.

During the early 1900s, emergency workers had to craft a raft to rescue the man lost in the Louisiana swamp.