Our route was through several lakes which were beginning to show the same terrain as further east near the North Shore of Superior.  Precipitous cliffs, ridges between every lake and "mountainous" terrain in comparison to our flatter topography further West in BWCA or northwest in the Q.
My least favorite portage was 160+ rods which took us to an elevation 200 feet higher than the lake we started in, within the first half of the portage.  :P
But I shouldn't whine...the guys said I must have grown a set of balls to do it and I know I lost a couple sizes in my butt from the way my jeans fit when I got home.  ;D