Tag:route=portage
 route = portage
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| Route for carrying boats over land |
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route=portage is used to designate a route relation intended for use by people carrying canoes, kayaks, or other small boats (see key:portage). Portage routes allow paddlers to transfer between waterways, or to access a waterway from a parking lot or other starting point.
Background
While relations are not required to map portages, they can be helpful in complex cases. Relations group all the segments of a portage route together, and allow the tagging of summary attributes such as the portage's name, operator, or expected length.
How to map
See relation:route for general guidance on creating routes in OSM. For a portage route, create a 
relation with the primary tag type=route and the subtag route=portage. Each member of the relation should be a routable 
way with a positive portage=* tag, such as portage=yes or portage=designated. Do not include paddlable water features such as waterway=link in the route.
Examples
- 16733252 16733252 – La Chute Portage
- 13434762 13434762 – Ball Band Dam portage
- 17392350 17392350 – portage on Isle Royale