DCHP-1 Online
portager 
n. one who portages; one skilled in portaging.
- 1897 He was highly recommended, not so much as a canoeman, but as being an expert portager of great experience in northern travel, and also a Eskimo linguist.
- 1955 From him I first learned to use the portager's tumpline correctly. . . .
- 1897 He was highly recommended, not so much as a canoeman, but as being an expert portager of great experience in northern travel, and also a Eskimo linguist.