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the St. Clair River. It is connected with Chi-
cago, Detroit, and other ports by steamer,
and is opposite Sarnia, Ont., with which it is
connected by ferry and a railroad tunnel under
the St. Clair River. The city is well known as
a summer resort, and has mineral springs.
Port Huron is a port of entry on the Great
Lakes, with a deep river channel. It is an im-
portant manufacturing and commercial center.
It is the site of old Fort Joseph, which was
built in 1686. It was settled in 1700, and in
181.1 the U. S. Government erected Fort Gia-
tiot here; p. 32,759.
Portion, in law, is a provision of a sub-
stantial character made by a father for his
children—by marriage settlement, or the pur-
chase of a business.
Port Jervis, city, Orange co., New York,
at the Junction of the Delaware and Nave-
sink Rivers; 88 m. n.w. of New York City.
The many picturesque waterfalls, mountains,
and general scenic beauty have made the
place a popular summer resort. Tri-States
Rock, just s. of the village, marks the inter-
section of the boundary lines of New York,
New Jersey, and Pennsylvania; p. 9,749.
Portland, largest city and chief seaport of
Maine, county scat of Cumberland co., on
Casco Bay, has direct steamship service with
Boston, New York, St. John, N. B., and Port-
land, Ore., and intermediate points, and is the
winter port for several trans-Atlantic lines.
The deep and spacious harbor is one of the
best on the coast, and is protected by exten-
sive modern defences. It has a 35-foot channel
at mean low tide, from ocean to docks. The
city is situated on an elevated peninsula, and
occupies an area of 18 sq. m. The eastern end,
Munjoy Hill, is encircled by the Eastern
Promenade, which commands a superb view of
Casco Bay, with its numerous islands, many
of which are popular summer resorts. The
Longfellow house (1785), in which the poet
lived, is now part of the Maine Historical So-
ciety's library. Portland has an extensive
coastwise trade, and commerce with Europe
and the West Indies. There are also impor-
tant fishing interests, and some shipbuilding.
The first permanent settlement was made
by the English in 1632. During the American
Revolution the town was bombarded and
partly burned by the British. In 1786 it was
incorporated under its present name; p.
73,643.
Portland, largest city of Oregon, and coun-
ty seat of Multnomah co., is situated on the
Willamette River, 12 m. above its junction
with the Columbia, at th<? terminus of the

Great Northern, the Northern Pacific, the
Southern Pacific, the Union Pacific, the Ca-
nadian Pacific Railroad?. Located at the head
of deep water navigation on the Columbia
River system, the city has regular water com-
munication with Puget Sound, Atlantic and
Pacific Coast ports, South America, British
Columbia, Alaska, Europe and the Orient. Its
fine fresh water harbor is accessible for large
oceangoing steamers at all times, and 27
ocean and coastwise steamship lines and 14
river lines run from the port. The climate
is mild and equable; the summers are cool
and comfortable, and the winters moderate,
with but little snow. Portland covers an area
of 66.36 sq. m., and is built on slopes which
rise gradually from either bank of the river.
The main business and industrial section lies
on the w. side, and the residential distict on
the c., traffic between the two being served by
bridges and ferries. Council Crest, in the
western part, commands an impressive view
of the fertile river valleys, with the snow-
capped peaks of Mounts Hood, Adams, Rain-
ier, St. Helen, and Jefferson towering on the
horizon. The Columbia River Highway, which
passes through Portland, reaches w. to the
Pacific and c. to Central Oregon, and connects
with the Old Oregon Trail in Eastern Oregon.
A National Forest Park parallels the Highway
between the city and Hood River and the
Highway pierces the heretofore inaccessible
gorge of the Columbia River. Noteworthy
edifices of Portland arc the Custom House,
Post Office, and Federal Court Building, each
occupying an entire city block, the City Hall,
Union Depot, County Court House, Museum
of Art, and Northwestern Industrial Exposi-
tion and Chamber of Commerce Building. The
city has about 150 churches. Educational in-
stitutions include tht* department of medicine
of thc^k University of Oregon, Reed College, the
North Pacific College of Dentistry and Phar-
macy, St. Helen's School for Girls, St. Mi-
chael's College, Hill Military Academy, and
Columbia University (Roman Catholic).
The leading industries are lumber and tim-
ber manufactures, printing and publishing,
fruit and vegetable canning and dehydration,
foundries and machine shops, ship-building,
bakeries, butter, cheese, and condensed milk
factories, copper, tin, and sheet iron products,
woolen and worsted mills, leather goods, flour
and grist mills, confectionery, men's clothing,
and slaughtering and meat packing. The city
has also many mercantile houses, and bank-
ing institutions. Portland is the leading lum-
ber exporting port in the world, and one of