👉 In navigation, a portage is an arrangement of two or more boats to move a large object such as an item or person over long distances. Portaging can be done by a team of people on separate boats moving together in a single direction along a river or lake. The term originally referred to the process where a group of people would paddle in a canoe or kayak, one at a time, to carry a large object such as a boat across a body of water. In modern times, port
