Discussion: river

According to this, Huron River flows out of Pontiac Lake, isn't that something?

Anyway, is it possible to kayak all the way from PLRA to Ann Arbor?

It starts above the lake. It's quite narrow. Infiterra put a canoe cp up it once and it was bumper boats , good times. I haven't scoped out the exit. It is huge by Proud Lake of course, so somewhere there it must get usable.

You can go well past a2 - the Huron empties into Lake Erie. There are rumblings of a mega paddle if we can ever coordinate. There are canoe only campsites along the way if not done straight.

The Huron-Clinton Metroparks parks put out a really nice "Canoeing and Kayaking Map" from Proud Lake to Lake Erie. It shows/gives a lot of details from start to finish. I picked mine up at REI last year for free. Not sure if you can request one online or not. I keep thinking that "one of these days" i'm going to plan a trip :)

Update, just found this online. Obviously would be much better if you could pick an official one up, but this would do in a pinch (especially if you had a color printer that could print out on larger paper).

http://urbanwavesup.com/maps/huron.pdf

For a historical paddle, http://www.lhoff.com/uhhc.html#gpm1_1

Detroit - Lake Erie - Huron River - big portage - Grand River - Lake Michigan - Chicago

There is a race involving 50 miles in the middle, held at the end of April.

The Huron River on a beautiful autumn day is very appealing to me.

I somehow thought the river was flowing out of the western end of the lake. Of course I was mistaken. The stream going south enters a maze of lakes surrounded by subdivisions, I guess it would be easier to start around Wixom somewhere.

Jen and I are planning a 100 mile trip starting at Erie. If we play our cards right, my husband might meet us at ILRA and grill us some steaks on our second night.

Should be good for my portage practice.

Going upstream??????

Yes, and we plan to weigh down the canoe by 200 lbs or so....Right Jen?

200 lbs? Are we pretending we are Voyageurs with a season's worth of supplies?

I took it that I could just sleep in the middle.

but of course

You guys are a MESS.