At the heart of Portage la Prairie is a little known secret that delights those who dare explore. Enjoy the mysteries of a lake that the river left behind.
Our name is rooted in the Canadian fur trade
With a name derived from the French “portage”, meaning to carry a canoe overland between waterways, the community was named by the fur traders who would traverse the prairies while conducting their trade. Locally, the voyageurs would haul their canoes and freight from the Assiniboine River to Lake Manitoba. Portage la Prairie translates as ‘portage over the prairie’.
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