portage
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- noun
- /ˈpɔːrtɪdʒ/
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porteo
- Canoe portage to interior lakes, called cochas, rich in wildlife.
- a long portage
- one-trip portage
- 6-mile portage
Examples
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Although Forest House sits only a dozen kilometers from the highway and its link to civilization, the return trip covered four lakes and included four portages, across which we had to carry not just our equipment but our canoes, too.
Blog text (12) -
We had to make a challenging portage through the dense forest to reach the next lake.
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Oh, no, I gotta do a portage up to Swanson Meadow and do a fish count.
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Ric guided us across a portage to a smaller lake and helped load our gear into canoes for the final leg of our journey.
Blog text (12) -
At the portage around the remnants of the Coppermine Dam, the Liebaerts stopped long enough for their traditional beef stew lunch.
Blog text (13) -
When we went, it was so windy and chilly (early July) that we never had to worry about the bugs (except during portages).
Blog text (13) -
They carried two hundred and forty-five bateaux across a ten-mile portage, all their supplies and artillery, and then rowed down the length of Lake George to get here.
Fiction book (1992) -
The hikers took turns carrying their canoe during the long portage along the riverbank.
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After a tiring portage, they finally arrived at the calm waters of the next lagoon.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Portage comes from the French word porter and the Latin portare, both meaning 'to carry'. So a portage is the act of carrying boats and supplies over land between rivers or lakes, just like the original meaning 'to carry' explains.