Portage
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Portage or portaging is the practice of carrying water craft or cargo over land, either around an obstacle in a river, or between two bodies of water. A path where items are regularly carried between
Portaging a tandem Prospector canoe in Algonquin Park
Canoe rest along a portage trail
Small railway portage in the U.S.
Paved section of the Diolkos
Voyageurs
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Voyageurs were 18th- and 19th-century French people and later French Canadians who transported furs by canoe at the peak of the North American fur trade. The emblematic meaning of the term applies to
Portage
…portaged by carrying them inverted over one's shoulders and the center strut may be designed in the style of a yoke to facilitate this. Historically, voyageurs often employed tump lines on their heads to carry loads on their backs. Portages can be many kilometers in length, such as the 19-kilometre (12 mi…
Shooting the Rapids, 1879 by Frances Anne Hopkins (1838–1919)
Photo of the Edict that King Louis XIV passed limiting who could participate in the fur trade
Voyageurs at Dawn, 1871 by Frances Anne Hopkins (1838–1919)
The Voyageurs, 1846 by Charles Deas