I met a kid that pulled his solo canoe all the way from southern Iowa to the Boundary Waters with 450 motorcycle. He made a cradle yoke and used clamps screwed through the gunnels to keep that and the tongue in place, turning his canoe into a unibody trailer. With the canoe upright, he was lucky that it did not fill with rain. I think that a narrow gage john boat trailer with a set of T bars would be easier. I have a converted boat trailer that is set up be able to haul four canoes and a load of canoe packs. It has been to Canada and back many times. I light weight used small gauge boat trailer does not way even half what mine does and and keep the canoe secure and also have room for a cargo area under it.
With the portage dolly wheels the canoe can take a beating, it will ride very close to the ground, they were designed to work at walking speed with hands on guidance with human power.