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Michigan's Water Trails ¬5 « E S U P E K R I A I O L Keweenaw «¬6 R Houghton Houghton «¬2 W H IT B E A F Y IS H Ontonagon Baraga Marquette Ironwood «¬3 «¬31 Marquette Luce Gogebic Sault Ste. Marie Iron Alger Schoolcraft Chippewa «¬32 N ORTH C Mackinac HANNEL Existing Water Trails Dickinson Delta 1 - Detroit Heritage River «¬7 2 - Western U.P. Escanaba 3 - Hiawatha «¬42 L A 4 - Thumb Heritage Menominee Y «¬24 A Emmet B K 5 - Isle Royale National Park N E E E 6 - Keweenaw R Charlevoix Cheboygan G Presque isle 7 - Lake Huron North Shore «¬8 Charlevoix 8 - Lake Huron Blueways Menominee Alpena H Leelanau Antrim Otsego 9 - Lake St. Clair Coastal Montmorency THUNDER N Alpena U 10 - Blueways of St. Clair «¬23 BAY 30 11 - Shiawassee Heritage River A «¬ Traverse R «¬43 City Crawford Oscoda Alcona 12 - Huron River Benzie Grand Kalkaska OO 13 - Rouge River G Traverse 14 - Cass River I N Ogemaw Iosco N 15 - Bangor-South Haven Heritage Wexford MissaukeeRoscommon H Manistee East Tawas 16 - Kalamazoo River Y A C Arenac B 17 - St. Joseph River «¬4 Mason Lake Osceola Clare Gladwin W 18 - Galien River Marsh IILudington A IN 26 G Huron 19 - Grand River Heritage 28 «¬ A «¬ S 20 - Pine River Canoe M «¬36 Isabella Oceana Midland 21 - Flint River «¬37 «¬41 Mecosta Bay 22 - Paw Paw River «¬34 Tuscola E Sanilac E Newaygo «¬20 «¬14 23 - Chain of Lakes «¬35 Montcalm Gratiot Saginaw K 24 - Inland Waterway K ¬38Muskegon Port Muskegon « «¬21 25 - Monroe County 39 Huron «¬ Kent A A «¬19 Shiawassee 26 - Saginaw Bay Genesee Lapeer St. Clair «¬29 Ottawa Ionia Clinton «¬11 «¬10 27 - Clinton River L L «¬33 Macomb 28 - Lake Michigan (Mason-Lake) «¬40 «¬27 29 - Lake Michigan (WMEAC) Ingham Livingston 30 - Lake Michigan Allegan Barry Eaton Oakland «¬9 LAKE 31 - Lake Superior East Detroit «¬15 «¬12 Wayne ST. CLAIR 32 - St. Marys River Island Explorer «¬22 «¬16 «¬13 «¬1 33 - Middle Grand River Heritage Jackson St Joseph Van Buren Calhoun Washtenaw 34 - White River Kalamazoo Monroe «¬17 ¬17 35 - White Lake Berrien « Cass Branch 36 - Pentwater Lake Loop St. Joseph Hillsdale Lenawee LAKE «¬25 37 - Silver Lake Loop «¬18 ERIE 38 - Mona Lake Loop 39 - Spring Lake 40 - Lake Macatawa Loop 41 - White Cloud Blue For more information please visit the Michigan Water Trails website at: 42 - Beaver Island 43 - Boardman River www.michiganwatertrails.org February 2018.

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