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Portage
1[pawr-tij, pohr-]
noun
a city in SW Michigan.
a town in NW Indiana.
portage
2[pawr-tij, pohr-, pawr-tahzh]
noun
the act of carrying; carriage.
the carrying of boats, goods, etc., overland from one navigable water to another.
the route over which this is done.
the cost of carriage.
verb (used without object)
to make a portage.
On this stretch of the river, we have to portage for a mile.
verb (used with object)
to carry (something) over a portage; make a portage with.
We portaged our canoe around the rapids.
portage
/ pɔrtaʒ, ˈpɔːtɪdʒ /
noun
the act of carrying; transport
the cost of carrying or transporting
the act or process of transporting boats, supplies, etc, overland between navigable waterways
the route overland used for such transport
verb
to transport (boats, supplies, etc) overland between navigable waterways
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of portage1
Example Sentences
Exploiting a series of portages linking Lake Michigan and local rivers, they paddled their canoes from Canada’s Atlantic shore to the Gulf of Mexico and as far west as the Rocky Mountains.
Yates said he came up with the idea of a marathon portage to raise awareness about the lack of water in this part of the river, and invited several friends and acquaintances to join him.
Superior National Forest officials had closed trails, campsites, portages and bodies of water in the area, to assist in the search.
This was an important historical spot for the Coast Salish peoples as a canoe portage between Lake Washington and Lake Union, before the Montlake Cut was dug to unite the two water bodies.
From the time they set up camp to stop and build the portage, the bugs were worse than ever.
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