Historic Highways of America/Volume 7/Part 2/Chapter 1
CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTORY
AS introductory to the description of the more noted American portages, it will be advantageous to present them at a bird's-eye view in the form of a comparative chart stating the names and termini of each, with a remark concerning its specific function:
CHART OF AMERICAN PORTAGES
| Portage Route. | Water Termini. | Remarks. |
| St. Johns–St. Lawrence. | Grand River–Wagan. | This and the two following are important land passes in the water route up the St. Johns to Canada. |
| Same. | Touladi–Trois Pistoles. | |
| Same. | Ashberish–Trois Pistoles. | |
| Same. | Temiscouata–Rivière du Loup. | Route of present post road between same points. |
| Same. | St. Francis–Lake Pohenegamook, to head of La Fourche branch of Rivière du Loup. | Short but difficult portage. |
| Same. | Black River–Ouelle. | Morris Map describes this as an express route. |
| Same. | North-West Branch of St. John River–Rivière du Sud. | "Grand Portage." |
| Same. | Lake Etchemin route. | Route of Etchemin Indians to Quebec. |
| Kennebec–St. Lawrence. | Rivière des Loups–Moosehead Lake–Rivière Chaudière. | Probably the most practicable route from Quebec up the Chaudière and over the divide into the Kennebec River. |
| Same. | Dead River–Chaudière ("The Terrible Carrying-place"). | Probably the most practicable route from the south by way of the Kennebec to Quebec. Arnold's route. |
| Connecticut–St. Francis. | Same. | Important Indian route from Canada into New Hampshire. |
| Connecticut–Lake Champlain. | Otter Creek–Black (?) River. | Route from French ports on Lake Champlain to the Connecticut Valley. |
| Hudson–Lake Champlain. | Hudson–Lake George. | The "Grand Pass" from the Hudson Valley toward Canada. Followed by Dieskau, Johnson, Montcalm, Abercrombie and Burgoyne. |
| Same. | Hudson–Wood Creek–Lake George. | Portage to Fort Ann. |
| St. Lawrence–Lake Champlain. | St. Lawrence–Richelieu. | Last portage in the "Grand Pass" from New York to Montreal. |
| Hudson–Lake Ontario. | Mohawk–Wood Creek (feeder of Lake Oneida). | Strategic portage in the route from Albany and New York to Oswego and Niagara. |
| Mohawk–Susquehanna. | Mohawk–Lake Otsego. | Route from Central New York to Pennsylvania. |
| Niagara. | Portage around Niagara Falls. | Another route around Niagara Falls was by portage from western extremity of Lake Ontario to Grand River. |
| Chautauqua. | Chautauqua Creek–Chautauqua Lake. | Céloron's Route to the Ohio. |
| Lake Erie–Allegheny. | Lake Erie–French Creek. | Marin's Route to Fort Duquesne. |
| Ohio River–Lake Erie. | Cuyahoga–Tuscarawas. | Route from Muskingum to Lake Erie. |
| Same. | Scioto–Sandusky. | |
| Same. | Miami–Auglaize and St. Mary. | Céloron's return route from the Ohio to Lake Erie. |
| Wabash–Lake Erie. | Maumee–St. Mary–Little River ("Petite Rivière.") | "The Wabash–Maumee Trade Route." |
| Wabash–Lake Michigan. | Wabash–St. Joseph. | |
| Illinois–Lake Michigan. | Kankakee–St. Joseph. | |
| Illinois–Lake Michigan. | Des Plaines–Illinois. | |
| Mississippi–Lake Michigan. | Pigeon River–Lake of the Woods. | Direct route from Georgian Bay and Lake Michigan to the Mississippi. |
| Lake Superior–Hudson Bay. | Green Bay–Fox-Wisonsin. | "The Grand Portage." |