Portage.
We maneuvered our canoe safely through the rapids, but were thoroughly soaked.
White water canoeing is traveling down rivers that have many rapids, hence the white water. It is fun, but can be dangerous. One should learn from an experienced guide before just taking a canoe down the waterfalls.
The canoeist propelled his canoe expertly through the rapids.
The canoe went bobbling out of control down the stream, right into the dangerous rapids.
Only by carrying your canoe over long distances of land or by canoeing about 150 miles on open sea.
Take a fluids class
The tornado sucked the car right up into the air. The vortex below those rapids sucked my canoe right out from under me!
the Aztecs got around by foot or canoe
Head for the shore if at all possible. Then investigate the rapids from the bank side, and see if you can plot a course through the water without hitting rocks. Say a prayer before you tackle it. Don't just go headlong hoping for the best. If it's too dangerous do a portage (carry your canoe past the rapids and relaunch.
Portage is derived from French and means carrying; the word is usually used in reference to carrying your canoe, when you are travelling from one navigable waterway to another, a process which is called a portage.
They got around by camel, canoe, and or cart.
a spirit canoe is an invisible canoe. neigther the canoe of a spirit or the spirit of a canoe.