Examples of 'portages' in a sentence
Meaning of "portages"
Portage (noun): The act of carrying or transporting goods, often over land between two bodies of water or around an obstacle, sometimes used in the context of canoeing or hiking trips
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- plural of portage
- third-person singular simple present indicative form of portage
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The portages shown are measured in yards.
Park staff maintain portages along major routes.
The portages are long and arduous.
The work done in the canoes and during portages.
Some of the portages allow for canoes to be wheeled.
Minimise disturbance on trails and portages.
Control of the portages was critical to control of the river.
Trucks are removed from the three truck portages.
The portages are still operating and the issue is unresolved.
In the name of keeping our portages.
Portages inland were then taken.
Ryan even saw a bear on one of the portages.
The length of the portages on this map are measured in yards.
Portages at hotels and airport.
All rapids and falls have well maintained portages.
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Details of portages may be given if these pose specific challenges.
Sunday races are on lake then river with up to three portages.
The portages locations will be safe and publicly accessible.
The navigatable rapids are long and the portages are short.
The portages were hard on me.
It contains twelve portages.
Several portages are available when seas are particularly treacherous.
Moderate due to portages.
These portages were local and presumably were used by local hunters and traders.
Both regions have many navigable rivers with short portages between them.
Such portages must be conducted on bare rocks and occasionally unstable boulders.
The importance of free passage through portages found them included in laws and treaties.
Numerous portages were upgraded to carriageways and railways due to their economic importance.
O Carry detailed river maps including location of rapids and portages.
Portages are compulsory.
Kawartha Highlands provides well defined canoe routes with marked portages and campsites.
The map highlights portages between river systems that were used by these frontiersmen.
The Batiscan River winds through the moraine and waterfalls impede navigation and require long portages.
Portages played an important role in the economy of some African societies.
One of the many Portages.
Portages across beaver dams may be needed closer to Lake Claire.
Dogtrot lake is accessible through portages to Bulge Lake and Slip Lake.
Two portages are shown on the La Loche River.
The series of rapids along the Fox River near Little Chute necessitated canoe portages.
The first and last portages are along the Jackson Lake Trail.
On the way, there are a few rapids and some mandatory portages.
Instead you will use three small portages of less than 1 km.
We made ten portages of various lengths during the course of the day:.
The route was relatively free of obstacles to navigation, with only a few portages.
There may be shallows, rocks and portages included as obstacles in the race.
Light-weight canoes are available for long trips requiring several portages.
Schedule ix restriction of public use of portages and waterfront lands on gwich'in lands.
There are several impassable stretches of water requiring long, sometimes dangerous portages.
Prior to the development of canals, portages between the rivers were important trade routes.
O Use existing campsites, trails and portages.
