THE CLINTON RIVER PADDLING GUIDE BOOK WATER TRAIL 19 WATERPROOF MAPS 81.5 MILES OF RIVER IN YOUR BACKYARD WWW.CRWC.ORG MACEDAY LAKE TO VAN NORMAN LAKE . 1 RIVER MILES 72 TO 70 HEADWATERS ALERT Not offi cial portage! FEES The railroad culvert Any DNR launch sites/parks just west of Dixie require recreation pass to enter. Highway separates Lotus Lake from Lester Lake. Lake conditions effect accessibility - limited access, very small culvert. The culvert is 6 feet wide and approximately 60 feet in length. Mandatory Portage A dam at the end of Van Norman Lake lets water out under Dixie Highway. Portage is required. ALERT The railroad culvert just west of Dixie Highway separates Lotus Lake from Lester Lake. The culvert is 6 feet wide and approximately 60 feet in length. Mandatory Portage A dam at the end of Van Norman Lake lets water out under Dixie Highway. Portage is required. LOTUS LAKE TO WOODHULL LAKE 2 RIVER MILES 70 TO 67 HEADWATERS LAKE OAKLAND (DNR) TO LOON LAKE (DNR) 3 RIVER MILES 67 TO 64 HEADWATERS . FEES Any DNR launch sites/parks require recreation pass to enter. Portage At Donzi Cove, just north of Walton, a dam on the south end of Lake Oakland blocks access to the channel leading into Loon Lake. The shoreline is private residential units on all sides, making a portage impossible. This represents a major obstacle to paddlers who desire to continue on past Lake Oakland to the downstream portions of the water trail. THE EXPLORE CLINTON RIVER 81.5 MILES OF RIVER IN YOUR BACKYARD. WATER TRAIL PADDLING GUIDE BOOK 19 WATERPROOF MAPS Financial assistance for this project was provided, CLINTON RIVER WATERSHED COUNCIL in part, by the Michigan Coastal Zone Management Program, Offi ce of the Great Lakes, Department 1115 W. Avon Road of Environmental Quality, under the National Rochester Hills, Michigan 48309 Coastal Zone Management Program, through a (248) 601-0606 | (248) 601-1280 (fax) grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce. [email protected] WWW.CRWC.ORG.