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Rifle River State Recreation Area is a state park located on the upper reaches of the Rifle River within the Au Sable State Forest in Ogemaw County, in the U.S. state of Michigan. Covering 4,449 acres (1,800 ha), the area provides a variety of recreational opportunities, including boating, canoeing, hiking, hunting, fishing, cross-country ...
Once a logging river during the Michigan forestry boom at the turn of the 20th century, the river is now primarily used for recreation, and is a state-designated natural river. It is a popular river for canoeing , with no portages or dams and an average depth of 18 inches, to 5 feet in downtown Omer.
Printable version; Page information; Get shortened URL; Download QR code; In other projects ... English: Map of the Rifle River in Michigan, USA. Date: 15 February 2011:
St. Joseph River (Lake Michigan) Paw Paw River; Dowagiac River; Pigeon River (St. Joseph County) Fawn River. Little Fawn River; Prairie River; Rocky River; Portage River (Kalamazoo/St. Joseph counties) Nottawa Creek (also known as Nottawa River) Coldwater River (Branch County) Sauk River; Galien River. South Branch Galien River. Galena River
Houghton Creek, a tributary of the Rifle River, runs through part of the city limits. The Rifle River State Recreation Area, which can be used for year-round activities like canoeing, swimming, fishing, and snowmobiling, is about 3 miles (4.8 km) to the east. There are 75 lakes within 15 miles of the city limits.
Boat Launch (Sessions lake and walk-in Grand River access) Campground - 100 Modern Sites, 49 Equestrian (rustic) Sites, 2 mini-Cabins; Disc golfing (24 holes) Dog Trial Areas; Picnic Areas (Beachwood, Beach, Point, Riverside) Picnic Shelters(Beachwood, Riverside, and Beach building) - Reservation optional
In the mid-1840s, a report by Douglass Houghton, Michigan's first state geologist, set off a copper boom in the state, and the first modern copper mines were opened on the island. [16] Evidence of the earlier mining efforts was everywhere, in the form of many stone hammers, some copper artifacts, and places where copper had been partially ...
The Manistee National Forest is a national forest located in the Lower Peninsula of Michigan.It has a total area of 540,187 acres (2,190 km 2).It was established in 1938, and combined with the Huron National Forest in 1945 for administrative purposes, creating the Huron-Manistee National Forests.