portage
Between-waters boat haul
Portage is carrying a boat or its cargo overland between navigable waters, or the route where this happens: The portage around the falls took two hours.
The word also applies more broadly to the act of carrying or transporting goods.
As a verb, to portage is to make such a carry: We portaged the canoes across the ridge.
Strenuous, prolonged effort
- effortApplied energy toward goals
- exertionVigorous physical effort
- sweatMoisture from skin pores
- strainExcessive stretching force
drudgery · fatigue · backbreaking · strenuous · arduous · grueling · muscle · endurance
Flat-bladed water tool
- kayakEnclosed single-person watercraft
- canoeSlender paddled vessel
- voyageurFrench-Canadian fur transporter
- whitewaterTurbulent, aerated river flow
rapids · backcountry · expedition · paddler · outrigger · wilderness · watercraft · upstream
haul
Pull or carry laboriously
shoulder · schlep · convey · bear · ferry · trudge · slog · transfer · relocate · hoist
toil
Strenuous, prolonged effort
strain · drudgery · fatigue · backbreaking · strenuous · arduous · grueling · muscle · endurance · trek
paddle
Flat-bladed water tool
- kayakEnclosed single-person watercraft
- canoeSlender paddled vessel
- voyageurFrench-Canadian fur transporter
whitewater · rapids · backcountry · expedition · paddler · outrigger · wilderness · watercraft · upstream · downstream
path
Route for traveling
landing · waypoint · terrain · overland · bushwhack · blaze · marker · footpath · passage · connector
river
Large flowing watercourse
waterfall · dam · obstacle · shallows · cascade · channel · tributary · confluence · creek · brook
- VikingsViking, longships, longship, raiding, Norse settlers
- carryingcarry, carrying, tote, bearing, haul
- historic travelGrand Tour, carriage, pilgrimages, wagon, Silk Road
- river adventureswhitewater rafting, rafting, kayak rentals, canoe rentals, canoeing
- transfertransfer, transferring, transference, transmittal, transmitting
- Canadian HistoryConfederation, Rupert's Land, colonial era, colonial government, self-government
- portable toiletMovable self-contained latrine
- portable radioMobile broadcast receiver
- portable chargerMobile device backup battery
- portable heaterMovable room-warming device
- portable lightingMovable light source
- portable generatorTransportable engine-driven power source
portable, transportation, deportation, transportable, importation, exportation, portages, portaging, portaged