Sentence examples for the portage from inspiring English sources
verb
To carry a boat overland
The Portage Lake Lift Bridge is the widest and heaviest double-decked vertical lift bridge in the world.
The portage was 400 yards, including a short flight of stairs.
We came to a small rapids, bypassing the open water on the portage trail.
Modern flood-control measures (particularly the Red River Floodway and the Portage Diversion) have mitigated the problem.
Later, in Garrettsville, members of a book club convened in the Portage County library for a potluck dinner.
The Portage, Ind., native told me a few weeks ago that he was contemplating submitting his retirement papers soon.
Felicia Cortes, a senior at Edwin G. Foreman High School in the Portage Park neighborhood, found the portrayal softened the book's impact.
The bridge ends at the start of the Portage Lake Tunnel.
The highway continues onto the Portage Creek Bridge, which is 114 feet long.
Born Jan . 16 1937, George went to St. Pascal School in the Portage Park neighborhood, where he knew early on that he wanted to serve the church.
The highway continues in a southeasterly direction along the Portage Valley, with Portage Creek to the north and pine forests to the south.
