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Looking for long trip canoe in Michigan
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(Rotation Slim) wrote:
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.
As a Boy Scout in northern Michigan in the 1960s, we did multiday trips
on both the Au Sable and the Manistee. Neither was particularly
wilderness trip then, but both had lots of woods canoeing. I suspect
that there is less woods canoeing now, forty years later. Both rivers
have canoe access campsites. I do not know of any stretches where you
are in state or national forest land, where you can camp away from
established sites.
That said, both rivers would be great for your troop. I wish that I had
access to equivalent rivers down here in North Carolina. The only one is
the New, but all of the camping is in established sites.
The three hour travel limit is tight for any decent trip.
If you decide that you want to try one of those trips, contact the Scout
Councils in the area. They run canoe trips out of their summer camps.
The Manistee is in Scenic Trails Council, in Traverse City. The Au Sable
is in the Lake Huron Area Council.
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YiS
Dave Filpus
Troop Committee Chairman, Troop 9
Eagle 1967 Vigil 1970
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