We did the portage 95 I think.  We took rope and dropped the packs and the canoe over the ledge.  Still wasn't much fun, though the view was stunning.  That was the year we dumped our canoe southeast of Keats Lake "pics of that area were lost".  We lost just about everything, food, maps, camera.  We had been on Sark the year before so we winged it to Sark then went on in from there.