Between You
Put Our Skirts
and the Water
This&That A 4,000-Kilometre Kayak Trip?
Lake Superior may get the world’s longest water trail story by Conor Mihell, photo by Gary McGuffin
The new 190-kilometre Hiawatha Water Trail will make Lake Superior’s south coast more paddler-friendly and add another piece to what may become the world’s longest paddling trail. The Hiawatha Water Trail serves one of
Superior’s paddling hotspots, the area centred around Marquette, Michigan. It includes the sandstone cliffs, sea caves, waterfalls, and sand dunes of Grand Island National Recreation Area and Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore.
A waterproof map, available this summer, will show access points, campsites, hazards and sensitive areas. And unique to the Hiawatha are kayak lockers at several urban areas along the coast.
“Essentially, these are small sheds with lockable, kayak-sized compartments,” explained Sam Crowley, one of over a dozen trail volunteers. “Paddlers will be able to stow their gear and go into town to resupply, eat a meal, or spend the night.”
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Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore; Part of the new Hiawatha Water Trail near Marquette, Michigan.
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8 Early Summer 2004
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