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Huron Blueways Water Trail
Posted July 1, 2009 by Admin
The Huron Blueways Water Trail is currently under development by NEMCOG and will include Lake Huron shoreline from Mackinaw City to Alcona County. You can help develop this trail by paddling sections of it and taking notes about launch sites, shore facilities, obstructions, natural features and any other information useful or interesting to paddlers, including distances and GPS coordinates.
The EastCoast Paddlers are supporting this effort by making available the general area map and detailed section maps provided by the NEMCOG project group, and a Paddle Inventory Sheet for recording information to send to the project organizers.
Tadoussac - Paddle With the Whales
posted June 6, 2009 by Kerry Horan
I plan to leave Michigan on Sunday, August 2nd. Arrive in Tadoussac late on the 3rd. If weather is good, we'll kayak on the 4th, 5th and 6th. We plan to start back on the 7th to allow time to stop in Quebec City or some other adventure on our way home.
Contact me at kayakpaddler@sbcglobal.net for more information.
Pere Marquette "Crazy Hat" Paddle - June 5, 6, 7
posted May 29, 2009 by Bob Shockley
I plan to leave from the Sanford McDonalds on M-30 just north of US-10 at 8:00 a.m. on Friday, June 5 for those who wish to convoy.
I will be camping at Gleason's Landing (restricted to tent camping - no campers or RVs)
Float permits are required but are free to paddlers who go to the ranger station on the day they want to paddle if there are any permits available. Permit reservations are $2 each. They were almost sold out when I called and assured me they would be sold out before the weekend.
I reserved 6 permits for Friday to paddle from M-37 to Gleason's Landing (about 7 miles),
10 permits for Saturday to paddle from Gleason's Landing to Rainbow Rapids (about 17 miles) and
8 permits for Sunday to paddle from Rainbow Rapids to Walhala (about 14 miles).
See Upcoming Trips for more information.
Kayak Rodeo - Saturday, June 20, 2009
posted May 30, 2009
Where: Saginaw Field & Stream Club, 1500 N. Gleaner Rd.
Come for a day of games to improve your skills as the Thumb Paddlers challenge the Valley Paddlers. Food, fun, and practice are all on the agenda.
Starts at 10:00 AM and goes until we can't laugh anymore.
$5.00 to get into the club, a small fee for meat and paper products, and a dish to pass. RSVP to eastcoastpaddlers@gmail.com.
Labor Day Manitou Crossing
posted May 26, 2009
September 4-7, 2009: Another fine adventure brought to you by George Granlund. Open water crossing from Glen Haven Cannery at Sleeping Bear Dunes to the Manitous Islands. See Upcoming Trips for details.
Weekday Paddles
posted March 17, 2009 by Jim Janowicz
Paddling mid-week is a great way to get out in your boat with a miniumm of traveling in the car. Trips are local, and last only a few hours so they are easy to squeeze into busy schedules. Because of the short time frame allowed leaving the launch site on time is a must, so please be ready to paddle right at 6:15 pm promptly.
Trips are planned for Tuesdays, with an alternate day set for Wednesdays in case of bad weather.
Check out the Lauch Sites link for each river listed to get a detailed google map to the launch site.
We will post changes as we know about them primarily via email, but if you're questioning whether or not the paddle is on, contact Jim Janowicz.
New Meeting Location!
posted April 28, 2008
Our meeting location has changed — starting with the May 1 meeting we will be at the Gander Mountain store at 2270 Tittabawassee Rd, Saginaw [Map], near Fashion Square Mall. Meeting time is still 6:30 PM. We're grateful to Dive and Glide for hosting us all these years but our meetings have outgrown their store and they need the space for their classes.