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Welcome to Embarras Portage ...

A typical abbreviation for Embarras Portage: Embarras Ptge. (or less commonly used: Embarras Ptg.)

Embarras Portage is 700 feet [213 m] above sea level.<1>.

Time Zone: Embarras Portage lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time. The time zone in French: MST- Heure Normale des Rocheuses (HNR), MDT- Heure Avancée des Rocheuses (HAR).

Area Codes for Embarras Portage: 780, 368, 587 & 825<2>

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Embarras Portage ...

Looking for more information about Embarras Portage? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Embarras Portage, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Embarras Portage.

Footnotes ...

<1>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Embarras Portage - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<2>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 780 code has been Overlayed with one of the following codes: 368, 587 or 825. New phone numbers in the Embarras Portage area will be assigned with one of these codes: 780, 368, 587 or 825. As a result, placing a call in the Embarras Portage area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).