I am leading a group of Boy Scouts, looking for a canoe trip in Lower
Penninsula Michigan, Northern Ohio or even (close to Michigan)
Ontario.

Looking to do a lengthy trip, over 50 miles. Want it to be 4 or 5
days. Want to (to the extent possible) wilderness camp along the
river as we go.

We are supposed to travel only 3 hours from Metro Detroit (our
chartering organization puts us under that restriction, we can sneak
out to maybe 4 hours.)

Looking for as wilderness experience as possible, a little fast water
would be nice.

Get the book "Paddling Michigan" by Kevin Hillstrom and Laurie Collier
Hillstrom. It's published by Falcon Guide. It list a lot of rivers throughout
Michigan and gives camping information. The Huron River, for example is no
more than an hour from Detroit's Metro Airport and shows at least three camping
arreas. The AuSable is a great River, more wilderness areas, and has plenty of
camping but is more like 4 to 5 hours away. There are plenty of rivers in
Michigan for canoing but most of them close to Detroit are slow and lack the
wilderness. If you can drive further north to the Pine (4-5 hours) the current
speed is good (still only class 2 though).

I won't be monitoring this newsgroup for the next couple of weeks so don't
expect help from me for awhile.

Good luck,
Lynn