Author: Jeff Counts
Publisher: The Countryman Press
ISBN: 1581578997
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 203
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Book Description
A travel guide for the paddling-inclined. The Paddler’s Guide to Michigan takes users to the best quiet waters in the Great Lakes state, including rivers, inland lakes, and the Great Lakes. The guide is full of helpful suggestions for how to have the best paddling trips, even at the most popular destinations. Just because a river can be paddled, it doesn’t mean the experience will be a good one, so outdoorsman and journalist Jeff Counts has researched and paddled all these waters to bring you tips and details to make your outings as enjoyable as possible. He offers comprehensive information to help those who own kayaks arrange their own trips as well as info for the more casual kayaker who wishes to work with outfitters.
Author: Kevin Hillstrom
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1493078844
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 321
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Book Description
Michigan offers a bounty of paddling destinations, and this book is the most complete and up-to-date guide available. Paddling Michigan includes more than 70 trips in both the Upper and Lower Peninsulas for beginner and expert paddlers alike. Classic rivers such as the Au Sable, the Manistee, and the Wild and Scenic Jordan River are included, as well as popular sea-kayaking destinations like Isle Royal Nation Park, Grand Island, and the Keweenaw Water Trail. Whether you want whitewater or flatwater, this book has it all. Maps show access points and landmarks, and are complemented by detailed written descriptions. Additional information on fishing, camping and wildlife viewing is also included. Freelance writers and editors Kevin and Laurie Hillstrom have been paddling and adventuting around Michigan for many years. They operate their business, the Northern Lights Writers Group, from their home in Munith, Michigan.
Author: Jerry Dennis
Publisher: Thunder Bay Press Michigan
ISBN: 9781933272337
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Caution! You may want to paddle every river! Rapid by rapid, rock by rock descriptions of 1500 miles of canoeing opportunities on 45 blue-ribbon rivers by two experts who personally paddled every mile. A wealth of canoeing adventures from placid family floats to blood-curdling whitewater runs. Accurate, easy-to-follow maps show access sites, campgrounds, put-ins/take-outs, roads, bridges. . . and more. Concise, essential call-out data features gradient, rapids and falls, portages, skill required. . . and more. Clear, authoritative descriptions detail lengths, trip times, depth, current, bottom composition, widths, access information, parking facilities, fishing opportunities. . . and more.
Author: Bill Newman
Publisher: Globe Pequot
ISBN: 9780762704163
Category : Michigan, Lake
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Guides the reader to the most exciting kayaking to be found on the Western Great Lakes. Full descriptions and maps for 49 trips, each carefully rated so that any kayaker can safely and confidently paddle on these inland seas.
Author: Jim Rada
Publisher: Sangfroid Press
ISBN: 9780917939037
Category : Middle West
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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"[T]his book is the bible for those of us hoping to experience the best whitewater in the Northwoods. It features technical yet spirited descriptions of every significant run in the area, plus colorful tales of the author's journeys. A detailed rating system assists kayakers and canoers in choosing the best river for their level of experience, while accurate maps and a user-friendly layout lead paddlers straight to their chosen whitewater rivers and creeks"--Page 4 of cover.
Author: Mike Svob
Publisher: Big Earth Publishing
ISBN: 9780915024773
Category : Canoes and canoeing
Languages : en
Pages : 164
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Grab your paddle and enjoy Illinois' beautiful rivers. This comprehensive guidebook--the only one for Illinois--features 64 trips on 33 rivers. Rivers covered include Cashe, Des Plains, Embarras, Fox, Galena, Mackinaw, Middle Fork, and Spoon. This is the ultimate guide for canoe or kayak enthusiasts of all abilities.
Author: Jerry Dennis
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 148
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Book Description
The bible for Michigan canoists has been updated and revised! Includes all new maps and up-to-date data and descriptions for 45 blue-ribbon Michigan rivers. The wealth of canoeing adventures ranges from placid family floats to blood-curdling whitewater runs. Written by two experts who personally paddled every mile.
Author: Timothy J. Kent
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 72
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Book Description
A exploration of Michigan's prehistoric cross-peninsula canoe routes and their subsequent use in the French era.
Author: Jim Stamm
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781480101821
Category : Benzie County (Mich.)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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A handy reference guide for recreational boating, especially if fishing by boat and/or paddling, on many of the inland rivers, lakes, and creeks of Benzie County, Michigan. Primarily intended for those using a small-water fishing boat, canoe, or kayak, the third edition of this book covers 33 of the county's 58 inland lakes, 2 of its 4 rivers (the Betsie and the Platte), and 5 of its many creeks -- ALL the navigable and publicly accessible inland water in the county. Besides the "fish typically caught" and "where the fish are found" provided for each body of water, the book also includes a handy "Fish Typically Caught" table for the rivers and lakes. Note that one of the rivers, one of the creeks, and six of the lakes are in the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. Discover lakes from 5 to 10,000 acres, rivers both quick and quiet, and creeks that explore the wild and natural Up North. Some of the details offered include: For each river section and creek - length, paddle time, Google Maps URL, depth, width, type of water, and difficulty. For each river - details for every bridge involved. For each lake - general location, lake area, shoreline length, depth, inlets and outlets, and if motors are allowed or it's a "no wake" lake. For all bodies of water - DNR map URL (for some), Google Maps URL for each section or lake, type of bottom, fish typically caught, where the fish are found, details for fishing and paddling, what to expect once there, and helpful tips and comments. Complete access details for boat launches and access sites for all bodies of water including: type of access site and what's offered at each, GPS coordinates, Google Maps URL, and detailed road directions. Also included is a map of Benzie County showing the location of all covered bodies of water and the major roads around them. This book covers Benzie County. It complements the A Guide to the Rivers and Lakes of Grand Traverse and Leelanau Counties, Michigan book, which covers all 65 of the publicly and easily accessible inland lakes, the in-county pieces of the five rivers in those two counties, and ALL of the access points to those lakes and rivers. Whether canoeing, kayaking, or fishing by boat, you'll find this guide invaluable. Keep a copy in your cottage, car, truck, and tackle box!
Author: Doc Fletcher
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1504979427
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 202
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Book Description
Streams of higher education illuminate 20 river/college unions flowing through Michigan. Each union gets its own chapter featuring the river's history, suggested day trip, degree of paddling difficulty, wildlife and landmarks sighted along the water's journey, the college history and what makes the school unique, and readers Degree of Riverology is sealed at a campus-area tavern.
