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Activities: Canoeing/Kayaking
The Sturgeon River and the Sturgeon River Sloughs offer enjoyable canoeing and kayaking as do our many quiet inland lakes. The sheltered bays and harbors of the Keweenaw are also good spots. Most of these have public access sites from which to launch your canoe.
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Inland Lakes
The many inland lakes of the Keweenaw offer many opportunities for paddling canoes & kayaks in a number of scenic and sheltered locations. Lake Fanny Hooe and Lake Manganese are both located within a mile of the Copper Harbor village limits and often times have placid conditions for a leisurely paddle. A day use permit to launch personal water craft is required for a small fee at the Ft. Wilkins Boat Launch and there is no fee for Lake Manganese paddlers. Lake Medora, just four miles south of Copper...
Keweenaw Water Trail
The Keweenaw Water Trail is a designated route established in 1995 for paddlers of sea kayaks and canoes. Nicknamed “A Superior Sports Port” by National Geographic Adventure Magazine, the Water Trail exemplifies the Keweenaw Peninsula in the most literal sense. The Keweenaw offers a rugged coastline that competes with that of the legendary Isle Royale, only without the ferryboat ride. It highlights a mixture of uninhabited wilderness areas, intermittent parks and nature preserves and sheltered harbors...
Chassell
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Sturgeon River & Sloughs
Centennial Park in Chassell affords easy access to a premiere water and wetlands world. Along with a fishing dock, sand beach, pavilion, playground, and restrooms, there is a ramp for launching and landing. From the bay, paddlers can make their way around the bay, down the Pike River or the Sturgeon River, and can enter the Sturgeon Sloughs and the Keweenaw Waterway, part of the Keweenaw Water Trail. Miles of wetlands afford protected paddling and scenic views. Birding enthusiasts will discover waterfowl,...
Copper Harbor
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Keweenaw Adventure Company, LLC
Address: 155 Gratiot Street, US-41, Copper Harbor, MI 49918
Phone: 906-289-4303
When: Open 7 days a week from Memorial Day to early October. Open Friday, Saturday & Sunday from Christmas to mid-March.
Copper Harbor offers protected harbors, inland lakes and open water paddling on Lake Superior. From the harbor you can easily paddle to one of the oldest lighthouses on...
Isle Royale
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Isle Royale National Park
While long known for and associated with its superb opportunities for backpacking, Michigan’s only National Park also is recognized to be a world-class destination for paddling. Passenger ferry service is available from Copper Harbor and Houghton and they will transport kayaks and canoes for an additional charge. Nicknamed as the “Emerald Island” the opportunities for paddling on inland lakes and on Lake Superior are numerous. The entire island is about 45 miles long by 11 miles at its widest point,...
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