DCHP-3

dry portage

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a portage which one can traverse dry-shod.

Quotations

1939
Our dogs hauled our goods--we had packs of furs and meat now--over the dry portages. Sometimes on the trail these huskies fought. These fights, though often serious, were comical too?the dogs with packs strapped to their backs dashing back and forth and getting tangled.