2. Verb. (third-person singular of portage) ¹
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Definition of Portages
1. portage [v] - See also: portage
Lexicographical Neighbors of Portages
Literary usage of Portages
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. American History and Its Geographic Conditions by Ellen Churchill Semple (1903)
"The great number of the portages both offered a choice to the traders, ...
The order in which these portages were discovered* and used by the French was ..."
2. Portage Paths: The Keys of the Continent by Archer Butler Hulbert (1903)
"The important military points on the route were the portages from the Hudson to
... These portages are marked on numerous early maps; the Hudson-Lake George ..."
3. A Pilgrimage in Europe and America Leading to the Discovery of the Sources by Giacomo Costantino Beltrami (1828)
"The lake has a great number of issues, which, by means of various portages, afford
the Indians facility in traversing, with their canoes, either in or out ..."
4. Annual Report (new Series).: Volume I-XVI...1885-1904 by Geological Survey of Canada (1898)
"On the fifth day, when the portages were passed, they were delighted to ...
THE TWELVE portages. From the bank, where the canoes were carried ashore, ..."
5. Report of Progress for by Geological Survey of Canada (1879)
"These portages measure 28,1315 and 24 yards respectively. All the other rapids
are run by York boats, and mostly with a full cargo, but at some of them, ..."
6. Basis of American History, 1500-1900 by Livingston Farrand (1904)
"CHAPTER II WATERWAYS, portages, TRAILS, AND MOUNTAIN-PASSES (1500-1800) THE two
most important factors in the exploration and settlement of a country are ..."
7. Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea in the Years 1819-20-21-22 by John Franklin (1824)
"Departure from Chipewyan—Difficulties of the various Navigations of the Rivers,
and Lakes, and of the portages—Slave Lake and Fort Providence—Scarcity of ..."
8. The History of North America by Guy Carleton Lee (1904)
"Primarily, the value of the Illinois at first was in the portages between Canada
and Louisiana, and to these it always owed much. Then the fertility of its ..."
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