The portage at Great Falls, Montana
Thursday, July 3rd, 2008
I like the word portage and it’s exactly what anyone would have to do if they were coming up the Missouri River by boat and ran into this, one of 4 water falls, this being the “great” one. Lewis and Clark had to take some time going around this part of the river and carried the boats 18 miles across land. This was probably not runnable by kayak, especially since they put in the dam to divert water into hydro electric turbines and control the flow. I’m still wandering though the west, looking at stuff.