Guide to Sea Kayaking in Lakes Superior and Michigan : The Best Day Trips and Tours

by Bill Newman, Sarah Ohmann, and Don Dimond

• ISBN13: 9780762704163
• ISBN10: 0762704160
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 1999-05-01
• Publisher: Globe Pequot

Summary

Guides the reader to the most exciting kayaking to be found on the Western Great Lakes. Full descriptions and maps for 49 trips, each carefully rated so that any kayaker can safely and confidently paddle on these inland seas.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	ix
Preface	xi
Introduction	1	(4)
Lake Superior
Michigan	5	(1)
Sault Ste. Marie: St. Mary's River	6	(6)
Whitefish Point & the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum	12	(4)
Grand Marais: Grand Marais: Grand Marais Harbor to Hurricane River	16	(6)
Miners Castle to Spray Falls	22	(4)
Grand Island	26	(5)
Presque Isle to Little Presque Isle	31	(4)
Big Bay to Little Presque Isle	35	(6)
Keewenaw Water Trail	41	(4)
Bete Grise Bay	45	(3)
Copper Harbor Lighthouse	48	(4)
Eagle Harbor to Agate Harbor	52	(3)
Isle Royale National Park	55	(13)
Wisconsin	65	(1)
Apostle Islands National Lakeshore	66	(2)
Squaw Bay Sea Caves	68	(5)
Sand Island Circunavigation	73	(4)
Basswood Island	77	(3)
Inner Island Loop	80	(5)
Outer Island Loop	85	(11)
Minnesota	85	(11)
The Twin Ports: Duluth-Superior Harbor	96	(7)
Lake Superior Water Trail	103	(6)
Grand Portage Bay & the Susie Islands	109	(7)
Ontario	115	(1)
Little Trout Bay to Thompson Island	116	(5)
Thunder Bay to Pie Island	121	(5)
Sleeping Giant Provincial Park: Silver Islet to Tee Harbor	126	(5)
Silver Islet to Rossport	131	(8)
Rossport Islands	139	(6)
Slate Islands	145	(5)
Neys Provincial Park	150	(4)
Hattie Cove to Horseshoe Bay	154	(4)
Hattie Cove to Michipicoten River	158	(9)
Michipicoten Island	167	(7)
Lake Superior Provincial Park	174	(10)
Lake Michigan
Michigan	183	(1)
The Garden Peninsula: Sac Bay to Fayette State Park	184	(5)
Wilderness State Park: Waugoshance Point	189	(4)
Beaver Island	193	(6)
Old Mission Peninsula Lighthouse Park	199	(4)
Bowers Harbor to Power Island	203	(4)
Empire Dune Bluffs to Glen Haven	207	(6)
Pyramid Point: Good Harbor Bay to Glen Haven	213	(4)
North & South Manitou Islands	217	(6)
Arcadia to Frankfort	223	(5)
Nordhouse Dunes to Ludington State Park	228	(4)
Van Buren State Park to South Haven	232	(6)
Illinois	237	(1)
Chicago Lakefront	238	(4)
Chicago River	242	(5)
Wisconsin	246	(1)
Milwaukee: Bradford Beach	247	(3)
Whitefish Dunes State Park	250	(3)
Newport State Park	253	(4)
Rock Island State Park	257	(6)
Peninsula State Park	263	(9)
Appendices
A: Further Reading	267	(1)
B: Kayak Clubs in the Great Lakes Region	267	(2)
C: Guided Tours, Rentals, and Outfitters	269	(3)
Index	272