How to Use portage in a Sentence

portage

1 of 2 noun

• The last to sign the guest book at the portage trail was August 13.
  — John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Sep. 2019
• There is a short portage from the parking area to the launch site.
  — Bob Rountree, Sun-Sentinel.com, 10 Apr. 2018
• The idea of a long portage has been in his head in various forms for years.
  — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 3 Oct. 2021
• Most portages are a few hundred yards, Paul said, but some are up to a mile long.
  — Porter Fox, New York Times, 21 Oct. 2016
• The Iliamna portage road was pushed in just before 1920.
  — John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 19 June 2021
• No new campsite, portage or lake closures in the area of the Delta Fire are in the works, Gilkeson said.
  — Tony Kennedy, Star Tribune, 15 July 2021
• The backpack straps are key for long portages and transporting the bag down sketchy put-ins.
  — Joe Jackson, Outside Online, 19 Apr. 2018
• The stream led to our first portage to Bottle Lake and a second into Iron Lake.
  — Porter Fox, New York Times, 21 Oct. 2016
• More than a thousand lakes, many linked by rivers and historic portage trails.
  — The Week Staff, The Week, 5 Oct. 2018
• This process required portage, carrying the product across dry ground from the edge of the lake to the river.
  — Lindsay Bierman, Southern Living, 11 July 2017
• The county is also constructing a new portage for the dam near 2100 South.
  — Jordan Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune, 17 July 2021
• Then, a quick portage to saltwater was all that was required.
  — Lynda V. Mapes, The Seattle Times, 29 June 2017
• Motorboats were used to get crews to the first portage point, then rescuers used canoes the rest of the way to retrieve the members.
  — CBS News, 27 July 2019
• Petit has made the run from Kaltag to Unalakleet with a solid 11-hour run on the portage.
  — Jake Berkowitz, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Mar. 2018
• There will be a portage built in case paddleboarders or kayakers don’t want to use the step down rocks in their boats.
  — Jordan Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune, 17 July 2021
• Our first clue to the character of the upper Delta River was a cigar-shaped obstacle in the water right after the portage.
  — Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Sep. 2021
• The father and daughter had shared a love of taking canoe trips on the wilderness lakes and portages of Canada, David Montgomery said.
  — Mark Berman, Washington Post, 12 Jan. 2018
• There was one industry that the new city would excel in, which did not require ships, portages, or much labor at all.
  — Adam Davidson, The New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2017
• Adding the second start line (and cutting out two of the portages) definitely helped revitalized the race, as did adding the rentals.
  — Annie Alleman, Aurora Beacon-News, 22 May 2018
• In the 1960s, legislation was passed that allowed people to hand-carry boats from the parking lot, about a five-minute portage, and then launch.
  — Tom Stienstra, San Francisco Chronicle, 29 Mar. 2018
• Of course, there, too, are numerable dams to portage; as many as 27 lock and dams to navigate between the metro and St. Louis; countless barges to avoid; and who knows what else.
  — Bob Timmons, Star Tribune, 6 May 2021
• Rom dangled her feet over the water, which was a couple miles of portages, rivers and rapids from the southwestern border of the Boundary Waters.
  — Reid Forgrave, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2017
• The confluence of rivers was good, and some portage locations also became cities.
  — Bill Conerly, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2021
• The center yoke thwart is perfectly balanced for one-person portages.
  — The Editors, Outside Online, 18 May 2018
• One thing that works well on the small scale is edible plants, like the portage gardens that originated in France but really stretch all the way back to the Egyptians.
  — David Walters, The Cut, 24 Oct. 2017
• Sue demonstrated how to empty everything in the boat into one of two portage packs, then swing the canoe on top of your shoulders, upside down.
  — Porter Fox, New York Times, 21 Oct. 2016
• For shorter outings in Vermont, paddlers should target the faster-flowing stretches beneath dams and try to end the day at a campsite before the next portage.
  — Outside Online, 18 Aug. 2021
• Another unique river feature is Ruck-a-Chucky falls, a 30-foot drop that involves a mandatory portage.
  — Heather Hansman, Outside Online, 1 Oct. 2012
• If the race wasn't interesting enough already, there are some major strategic decisions that will come up in the next 200 miles as teams race to Kaltag and the beginning of the overland portage to the Bering Sea Coast.
  — Jake Berkowitz, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Mar. 2018
• Towards the end, a fascinating part of the Helmericks’ journey involves their portage between rivers.
  — Nancy Lord, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Jan. 2021

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portage

2 of 2 verb

• Slatten said that the tributary is one of the many streams and rivers that connect the lakes in the area and can take away the need for canoeists to portage from one waterway to the next.
  — Andrew Krueger, Twin Cities, 1 June 2017
• While several paddlers made it through unscathed, others got hung up on the rocks or opted to portage out past the rapids.
  — Annie Gentile, Courant Community, 1 May 2018
• The group tried to portage before needing to leave four canoes in muck, Williams said, and outfitters later retrieved them.
  — Bob Timmons, Star Tribune, 30 July 2020
• Beaver dams are already making hunting and fishing more difficult for some people in the Arctic, forcing them to portage their canoes around the dams, for example.
  — Sharon Levy, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Dec. 2022
• Or couples could paddle a two-person raft on easier stretches of river, with instruction from guides, and portage their boats around more difficult rapids.
  — Brian E. Clark, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2020
• Slatten said that the tributary is one of the many streams and rivers that connect the lakes in the area and can take away the need for canoeists to portage from one waterway to the next.
  — Andrew Krueger, Twin Cities, 1 June 2017
• While several paddlers made it through unscathed, others got hung up on the rocks or opted to portage out past the rapids.
  — Annie Gentile, Courant Community, 1 May 2018
• The group tried to portage before needing to leave four canoes in muck, Williams said, and outfitters later retrieved them.
  — Bob Timmons, Star Tribune, 30 July 2020
• Beaver dams are already making hunting and fishing more difficult for some people in the Arctic, forcing them to portage their canoes around the dams, for example.
  — Sharon Levy, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Dec. 2022
• Or couples could paddle a two-person raft on easier stretches of river, with instruction from guides, and portage their boats around more difficult rapids.
  — Brian E. Clark, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2020

Last Updated: 9 Jun 2024