portages
Canoe land crossings
Portages is the plural of portage, which refers to the carrying of boats or goods overland between navigable waters, or the route where this occurs.
Canoeists and kayakers speak of portages on wilderness routes: The trip included several difficult portages.
To portage is to make such a carry: We portaged around the rapids.
Slender paddled vessel
- kayakEnclosed single-person watercraft
- carryMove while supporting
- overlandVia land routes
- watershedDrainage area boundary
bushwhack · terrain · wilderness · backcountry · voyageurs · Algonquin · outfitters · expeditions
Pulls or transports forcefully
- lugsHandles or projections
- heftsLifts to assess weight
- shouldersUpper arm joints
- hoistsRaises or lifting devices
totes · lifts · schlepps · manhandles · packing · carting · yoke · straps
Measure of heaviness
- loadCarried weight or burden
- encumbranceHindrance or legal claim
- heavinessState of being weighty
- strainExcessive stretching force
exertion · difficulty · challenge · haul · distance · terrain · obstacles · gear
Navigable bodies for transport
- passagesSegments or thoroughfares
- crossingsPoints where paths intersect
- corridorsEnclosed building passages
- channelsPaths for transmission
connections · links · navigation · maps · landmarks · wayfinding · itineraries · conduits
canoe
Slender paddled vessel
watershed · bushwhack · terrain · wilderness · backcountry · voyageurs · Algonquin · outfitters · expeditions · headwaters
hauls
Pulls or transports forcefully
hoists · totes · lifts · schlepps · manhandles · packing · carting · yoke · straps · load
weight
Measure of heaviness
- loadCarried weight or burden
- encumbranceHindrance or legal claim
- heavinessState of being weighty
strain · exertion · difficulty · challenge · haul · distance · terrain · obstacles · gear · equipment
waterways
Navigable bodies for transport
- passagesSegments or thoroughfares
- crossingsPoints where paths intersect
- corridorsEnclosed building passages
channels · connections · links · navigation · maps · landmarks · wayfinding · itineraries · conduits · arteries
- AdirondacksLake Placid, Blue Mountain, Marcy, wilderness areas, lean-tos
- fur tradebeaver pelts, pelts, furs, mink, sable
- Northwoodsboundary waters, pine tree, red pine, loons, pine forests
- medieval RusKyiv, Kiev, Vladimir, boyars, Primary Chronicle
- Erie CanalErie Canal, locks, towpath, towpaths, mules
- indigenous technologyadobe, baskets, canoes, dugouts, fish traps
- portage trailLand path connecting waterways