1894  The party began to carry the material . . . along the portage track for twelve miles.
1896  (1898)  I left the portage trail to hunt in the bush, found it almost impossible to manage my small snow-shoes in the soft snow and took them off only to find myself sinking waist deep in the snow!
1921  In 1615 Champlain ascended the rapids-filled Ottawa, crossed a portage track worn smooth by untold generations of moccasined feet following the great aboriginal route between East and West, [and] reached the broad expanse of demon-infested Lake Nipissing.
1965  [Caption] Park Rangers . . . keep the portage trails open.