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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.
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
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
Canoes along the Au Sable River The Au Sable River Queen, the only paddlewheel river boat operating in northern Michigan View from bluffs of the Au Sable River Additional view from bluffs of the Au Sable River in Iosco County, Michigan. The Au Sable River (/ ɔː ˈ s ɑː b əl / aw SAH-bəl) is a 138-mile-long (222 km) [2] river in the Lower ...
The Au Sable River Canoe Marathon, presented by Consumers Energy, (also stylized as the AuSable River Canoe Marathon) is an annual 120 mi (193 km) canoe race in Michigan from Grayling to Oscoda. Nicknamed and known simply as "The Marathon," it first ran in 1947, and is perhaps the oldest marathon canoe race in the United States, and is the ...
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 ...
Canoe and kayak paddling upon Shiawassee River in January 2010 Canoeing the Shiawassee River in February 2006 near Holly, Michigan. The 7 miles (11 km) water trail in the Shiawassee River begins in Holly, Michigan at WaterWorks Park and extends eighty eight miles downstream to St. Charles, Michigan.