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Paddling Michigan

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This book, Paddling Michigan, and Canoeing Michigan Rivers by Jerry Dennis and Craig Date were both purchased by our Scout Troop to aid in the planning and execution of our Scouting Outing Canoe trips. Both books are great, but the boys preferred the Canoeing Michigan Rivers over this book Paddling Michigan, although both books are being used by the Scouts.

This book has it all to plan an outing, the maps, river description, challenge, a "standard time factor" and excellent commentary on the expectation of the canoe trip. The Senior Patrol Leader Council, the event planning committee of Boy Scouts aged 14-17, was able to take this book and properly plan, organize and execute several canoe trips. It had all the information needed to make the proper decisions without having to go visit the river first, or rely on comments from someone who knows someone who said that access to the river was available from County Road 48.

The Scout Troop now uses this book as a first resourse for planning canoe trips in Michigan and has greatly aided the exploration of the rivers of Michigan with confidence!

Although I have not had a chance to read this book cover to cover, I skimmed through much of it and found that it has an overwhelming amount of great information for the Michigan Paddler. I have searched the internet for months trying to find information like this without success. This is by far the most comprehensive list of places to paddle along with detailed information on routes, access, skill level, rapids, camping choices, optimal time to travel, distances, travel time in hours, etc...I cant wait to put this book to good use!!

Really good guide for finding great places to paddle in Michgan; one word of caution though... take the guides journals with a grain of salt. River conditions change constantly and we ran into some very unexpected problems on a recent run that was not referenced in the book.
Always check with local sites or groups for most up to date conditions.

This book is GREAT! Not only do they do a good job describing the river, miles to do each section,identifying local drop-off/pick-up people, camping sites, etc., they have very useful MAPS that detail the access points for entry and exiting.

This is a great book for anyone looking to explore Michigan rivers. We are only a year into discovering the sport of kayaking (canoeing for years) and needed a little direction, this was it. We found a wealth of specific information on put-ins, take-outs, hazards and permit requirements that might have taken years to discover on our own. Some of the information is outdated, some put-ins/take-outs that were a good idea once are now overgrown, posted, or just washed away and, of course, the river is always changing. Also, the book is hardly exhaustive. Only the top 70 or so rivers are highlighted and many are well, even over traveled. There are still plenty of Michigan rivers to discover so you really need to keep scouting on your own, but Paddling Michigan is a great place to start.

This is pretty good book. My only complaint is that it makes no reference to the stretch of the Muskegon river through Big Rapids on which I live.

Great companion book to "Canoeing Michigan Rivers". I liked that the book covers lakes, too. The maps were very good as were the descriptions of portages. The size of the book was a bit large. I liked the size of the aforementioned book better.

This is the best reference I have found for Michigan waters. There is a good mix of evaluations from rivers through populated areas to remote trips. From an easy family paddle to sea kayaking trips. As a bonus it evaluates the fishing oportunities on most of the waters, camping areas, and real world suggestions for your trip. The only thing I could ask for is more of the same on more rivers. Great book.