portage bay

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a sheltered cove where a portage landing is to be found.

Quotations

1954

Then it sloped gently off into the river in a natural ramp, and we got into the canoes again and whirled across the river to the portage bay.

1955

The Finlay here issues from the canyon mouth into the portage bay with, at high water, a most tumultuous uproar. . . .