We needed to portage the canoes several times during the journey down the river. From LearnThat.org.
The reason for having children, of course, is so that you can express yourself through their "portage"--and a cargo bike has way more smug-appeal than a rideable stroller. From Wordnik.com. [Nuggets of Wisdom: The Art of Crap Curation] Reference
The portage is a fine road through a handsome plain. From Wordnik.com. [Journal of John Work, November and December, 1824] Reference
We set out on the 14th before day, and effected the portage, which is long and difficult. From Wordnik.com. [Narrative of a Voyage to the Northwest Coast of America in the years 1811, 1812, 1813, and 1814 or the First American Settlement on the Pacific] Reference
They had reached what is called a portage or carrying-place, and there are hundreds of such places all over Rupert's Land. From Wordnik.com. [Away in the Wilderness] Reference
The portage was a short one, scarce two hundred yards in length, and at the upper end was a small green meadow in which river voyagers camped. From Wordnik.com. [Flower of the North] Reference
McDonald's won't let me ride my bike through the drive-thru, but maybe they'll let me "portage" it. From Wordnik.com. [Metamorphosis: The More Things Change, The More They Shouldn't] Reference
Coincidentally, just at this moment I looked across the street and spotted a drive-side "portage" in progress. From Wordnik.com. [The Indignity of Summer: It's Always Dorkiest Before the Fall] Reference
Really, though, the dirtiest thing about this photo is the drive-side "portage," which makes cyclocrossers act all mad but which secretly turns them on. From Wordnik.com. [Bikes and Beatitudes: The Salmon on the Mount] Reference
Sure, cyclocross season is in full swing or "portage" in Europe, but following it closely still requires finding strange websites and listening to Flemish commentary. From Wordnik.com. [You Must Be Crazy: Strength of Conviction] Reference
The portage is work, every inch of it. From Wordnik.com. [T.] Reference
Carry our baggage over the portage which is 2 miles by land and a. From Wordnik.com. [The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806] Reference
"No, four miles farther up the river, and the portage is a mile and. From Wordnik.com. [A Countess from Canada A Story of Life in the Backwoods] Reference
Joe said that it was a full hour's portage, meaning that it was nearly two miles. From Wordnik.com. [Bob Hunt in Canada] Reference
That this was the actual "portage" or carrying place of the travellers is shown by. From Wordnik.com. [France and England in North America; a Series of Historical Narratives — Part 3] Reference
"portage;" the continent can be crossed in this northern latitude. From Wordnik.com. [Bruin The Grand Bear Hunt] Reference
"portage" to be passed, ere they could reach the end of that great. From Wordnik.com. [Popular Adventure Tales] Reference
A "portage" to be passed, ere they could reach the end of that great. From Wordnik.com. [The Young Voyageurs Boy Hunters in the North] Reference
Bird's, or angel's portage at what door?. From Wordnik.com. [Upwards, Into the White Eye Rising] Reference
Over a portage at a certain point they secured the services of an. From Wordnik.com. [Policing the Plains Being the Real-Life Record of the Famous North-West Mounted Police] Reference
Here we unloaded and made a short portage while Andy was getting dinner. From Wordnik.com. [A Canyon Voyage The Narrative of the Second Powell Expedition down the Green-Colorado River from Wyoming, and the Explorations on Land, in the Years 1871 and 1872] Reference
Over the mountains in 1839; canal boat being hauled over the portage road 47. From Wordnik.com. [A Short History of Pittsburgh] Reference
Then there was a portage of three miles, over which the canoe had to be carried. From Wordnik.com. [Acadia or, A Month with the Blue Noses] Reference
Our record for the day was a trifle over seven miles with nine rapids run and one portage. From Wordnik.com. [A Canyon Voyage The Narrative of the Second Powell Expedition down the Green-Colorado River from Wyoming, and the Explorations on Land, in the Years 1871 and 1872] Reference
Montreal up the Ottawa River, then by a short portage and a series of small lakes to Lake Huron. From Wordnik.com. [The Western United States A Geographical Reader] Reference
It took us, with hard work, till two o'clock to get past Triplet Falls by means of a double portage. From Wordnik.com. [A Canyon Voyage The Narrative of the Second Powell Expedition down the Green-Colorado River from Wyoming, and the Explorations on Land, in the Years 1871 and 1872] Reference
In the afternoon three more rapids were run and at a fourth we were compelled to make a line-portage. From Wordnik.com. [A Canyon Voyage The Narrative of the Second Powell Expedition down the Green-Colorado River from Wyoming, and the Explorations on Land, in the Years 1871 and 1872] Reference
Already there was a road from Point Levi across the portage of Temiscouata, from thence to the forks of the. From Wordnik.com. [The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation Volume 1] Reference
We marched by the portage path to the sawmills, and crossed the bridge to the rising ground on the further side. From Wordnik.com. [Ben Comee A Tale of Rogers's Rangers, 1758-59] Reference
A hard portage was ahead of us and all turned in early to prepare by a good sleep for the long work of the next day. From Wordnik.com. [A Canyon Voyage The Narrative of the Second Powell Expedition down the Green-Colorado River from Wyoming, and the Explorations on Land, in the Years 1871 and 1872] Reference
So the hours of day and darkness slipped by with dip of paddle and with portage, with snatched rest and fare of the wild. From Wordnik.com. [The Maid of the Whispering Hills] Reference
"I've often carried one over a portage -- a short walk from one lake to the next in the woods," said Minnehaha, laughing. From Wordnik.com. [A Campfire Girl's First Council Fire The Camp Fire Girls In the Woods] Reference
Punni Churah thought as the rest, but would go ahead if the captain so ordered, and they headed northwest for the portage. From Wordnik.com. [A Woman who went to Alaska] Reference
Where there are three inches of water she can go -- where there is none, a man can carry her round the portage on his back. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, Volume 11, No. 26, May, 1873] Reference
Shaktolik lay on the shore southeast of a portage which would have to be made over a small point of land jutting out into Norton Bay. From Wordnik.com. [A Woman who went to Alaska] Reference
They paused at Bethel Mission long enough to load with dried salmon, then made the ninety-mile portage over lake and tundra to the Yukon. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Scouts Book of Campfire Stories] Reference
In the morning a line-portage was easily accomplished and we ran down a short distance farther when we stopped for dinner on a sandy beach. From Wordnik.com. [A Canyon Voyage The Narrative of the Second Powell Expedition down the Green-Colorado River from Wyoming, and the Explorations on Land, in the Years 1871 and 1872] Reference
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