Folklore: The White Dawn, 'Portagee' origin

Subject: Folklore: The White Dawn, 'Portagee' ethnonym
From: meself
Date: 11 Apr 26 - 03:28 PM

For those who have read the novel The White Dawn by James Houston, or watched the movie, and were curious about the origin of the name 'Portagee' for the Black whaler ... well, it's a convoluted story, but it's included in this article about 'ethnonyms' in the Arctic: https://nunatsiaq.com/stories/article/names-we-call-each-other/