Portage: Difference between revisions
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
imported>George Swan (first draft) |
Pat Palmer (talk | contribs) m (Reverted edits by Pat Palmer (talk) to last revision by [[User:imported>George Swan|imported>George Swan]]) Tag: Rollback |
||
(3 intermediate revisions by 2 users not shown) | |||
Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{subpages}} | {{subpages}} | ||
[[File:Radium Express being portaged - nwt05c.jpg | thumb | The tugboat [[Radium Express]] being portaged around the rapids at [[Fort Smith]], on the [[Slave River]] in the [[Northwest Territories]].]] | |||
A '''portage''' is an overland route for circumventing a navigational obstacle on an otherwise navigable river. Alternately, it is the term for transitting a route around a navigational obstacle. | A '''portage''' is an overland route for circumventing a navigational obstacle on an otherwise navigable river. Alternately, it is the term for transitting a route around a navigational obstacle. |