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portage
A carrying place over land between navigable waters, or along the banks of rivers, round water-falls...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
Tonnage. Also, the land carriage between two harbours, often high and difficult for transport. Also, in Canadian river navigation means the carrying canoes or boats and their cargo across the land, where the stream is interrupted by rocks or rapids.
A carrying place over land between navigable waters, or along the banks of rivers, round water-falls...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.