ThePortageSquare

This week in Portage

• Chair Yoga/Meditation at the Portage Library
  Tue, Oct 27 · 9:15 AM · Portage Public Library 253 W. Edgewater Street
• Caregiver Support Group
  Tue, Oct 27 · 10 AM · Riverwood Senior Living 115 Bowman Road Wisconsin Dells
• Brain Injury & Stroke Support Group at Aspirus
  Tue, Oct 27 · 1 PM · The Wellness Center at Aspirus Divine Savior Hospital Suite 4 Conference Room 2815 New Pinery Road Portage
• Tuesday Bags at Portage VFW
  Tue, Oct 27 · 5:30 PM · Portage VFW 215 West Collins St. Portage
• Business Day in Madison
  Tue, Oct 27 · Monona Terrace Community & Convention Center in Madison.

About Portage

Portage grew up on a narrow strip of marshy land between the Fox and Wisconsin rivers, where people carried their canoes from one river to the other; the French called it 'le portage', from the word for carry. Marquette and Jolliet crossed here in 1673, a trader named Laurent Barth set up the first post in 1792, and the Army built Fort Winnebago at the Fox River end in 1828. The town became the county seat in 1851 and a city in 1854, and a canal was later dug to join the two rivers. Today families walk the paved path along the old Portage Canal, which is part of the Ice Age Trail, hunt for painted canoes around town, and swim at Silver Lake Beach in summer.

Nearby Squares

• The Pardeeville Square
• The Poynette Square
• The Rio Square
• The Baraboo Square
• The West Baraboo Square
• The Wisconsin Dells Square