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Portage-du-Fort

/pɔʁ.taʒ.dy.fɔʁ/

proper noun/pɔʁ.taʒ.dy.fɔʁ/

a village municipality of Pontiac Regional County Municipality, Outaouais, Quebec, Canada

Related: Portageur, Portageure

Etymology uncertain. The municipality may have been named after a portage near a fort, but it is uncertain whether such a fort ever existed. Alternative hypotheses include a portage operated by a man named Dufort or an adaptation of an Algonquin term.