To carry (goods, boats, etc.) overland between navigable waters.
From the French `To carry'.
A carrying of boats, canoes, provisions, etc. overland from one stretch of water to another.
During canoe trips, teens sometimes must carry the boats and gear across an area of land to get from one lake to another. Most trips do one short portage, and a few trips do two.
A trip between waterways or around a waterway obstruction, carrying everything along with you.
A way or path by land at an interruption in a water route. During the fur trade era until the beginning of the 20th century explorers, fur traders, voyageurs and natives all traveled via water routes across North America. When there was a land break between two different water systems, these early travelers would have to "portage" or carry their cargo and boat or canoe by foot across land to the next waterway. On a long portage voyageurs would often use packhorses to carry heavier cargo.
the carrying of boats overland between navigable bodies of water
to haul on land a kayak around a rapid
a trail for carrying boats. Often measured in rods which equal 16.5 feet.
The act (or place) of carrying boats and cargo overland from one navigable stream or lake to another.
The carrying of boats and supplies overland between two waterways or around an obstacle to navigation.
a carrying of boats and supplies overland between navigable lakes and rivers.
the cost of carrying or transporting
overland track between navigable waterways
a section of the race where the entire team has to get out of the boat and pull or carry it across land where water from the river or lake does not exist in normal conditions
Either the act of carrying your boat around a rapid or obstruction or something that you choose to portage.
a carrying of boats, canoes and provisions over land from one stretch of water to another; the route followed in making such a transfer; the labour of carrying or transporting; to move or carry gear over a portage
To carry the boats around a rapid, necessary around Class VI rapids and other obstacles.
To carry acanoe on your back. To do this thecanoe will need a carrying thwart.
To carry a raft around unraftable or unsafe rapids or falls.
to lift and carry the bike, such as when crossing a stream, ditch, or ground too rocky to ride.
Carrying boats and gear on land to avoid a difficult stretch of water. Also refers to carrying a canoe or kayak from place to place.
How you get your gear and canoe across a stretch of land between two bodies of water. A solid reason why canoe-campers, like backpackers, attempt to reduce their gear to the lightest load possible.
When navigating a watercourse, explorer sometimes had to carry their rafts and bagage on their backs to avoid waterfalls, rapids or to reach another watercourse.
term for carrying boats and gear around a difficult rapid or from lake to lake.
in places where there are dangerous waters, canoes or boats and supplies are carried overland until they can be put back in the water
To carry your canoe on your back. To do this your canoe will need a carrying thwart.
sometimes called a carry: To carry a boat around a rapid or other obstruction.
To lift craft out of the water and carry them past an obstruction such as a lock, weir or rapids.
The carrying of boat and equipment overland between navigable waters. The Grand Portage, which bypassed the rapids and falls of the lower Pigeon River, stretched for 8½ miles. From the verb porter, "to bear or carry" in the French of the early trappers, explorers, and voyageurs. Onigam in the Ojibwe.