“He turned and looked down the stream. It stretched away, pebbly-bottomed with shallows and big boulders and a deep pool as it curved away around the foot of a bluff.”— Ernest Hemingway
For the literary-minded, the Big Two-Hearted River may be Michigan’s best-known river, thanks to the two short stories Ernest Hemingway titled with its name. Those who’ve actually read the stories know Michigan’s Fox river as well. Near Seney in the Upper Peninsula, it’s actually the watercourse Hemingway describes in the stories. The state is blessed with 14 other National Wild and Scenic Rivers, totaling 625 designated miles. One of them, the AuSable in lower Michigan, is well known to racing paddlers as the route of the 120 mile AuSable River Canoe Marathon.
| UPPER PENINSULA |
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| Downwind Sports Address: 308 Shelden Ave, Houghton, MI 49931 Phone: 906-482-2500 Web Site: www.downwindsports.com |
| Northland Outfitters Camping Resort Address: 8174 Highway M-77, Germfask, MI 49836 Phone: 906-586-9801 Web Site: www.northoutfitters.com |
| Northwoods Wilderness Outfitters Address: N-4088 Pine Mountain Rd, Iron Mountain, MI 49801 Phone: 906-774-9009 Web Site: www.northwoodsoutfitters.com |
| Rock Harbor Lodge & Marina Address: PO Box 605, Houghton, MI 49931 Phone: 906-337-4993 Web Site: www.foreverlodging.com/foreverinfo.cfm?PropertyKey=75 |
| Sylvania Outfitters Address: E23423, US Hwy 2, Watersmeet, MI 49969 Phone: 906-358-4766 Web Site: www.sylvaniaoutfitters.com |
| GREATER MICHIGAN |
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| Alconia Canoe Rental Address: 6351 Bamfield Road, Glennie, MI 58737 Phone: 989-735-2973 Web Site: www.alconacanoes.com |
| Argo Canoe Livery Address: 1055 Longshore Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48105 Phone: 734-794-6241 Web Site: www.a2gov.org/departments/Parks-Recreation/parks-places/argo/Pages/default.aspx |
| Big Bear Adventures Address: 4271 So Straits Highway, Indian River, MI 49749 Phone: 231-238-8181 Web Site: www.bigbearadventures.com |
| Big Mike’s Canoe Rental Address: 2595 Shady Shores Road, Lupton, MI 48635 Phone: 989-473-3444 Web Site: www.canoe4rent.com |
| Chippewa River Outfitters Address: 3763 So Lincoln Road, Mount Pleasant, MI 48858 Phone: 989-772-5474 Web Site: www.chipoutfitters.com/contactus.html |
| Gallup Canoe Livery Address: 3000 Fuller Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48105-2403 Phone: 734-794-6240 Web Site: www.a2gov.org/departments/Parks-Recreation/parks-places/gallup/Pages/default.aspx |
| Heavner Canoe Rental Address: 2775 Garden Road, Milford, MI 48381 Phone: 248-685-2379 Web Site: www.heavnercanoe.com |
| Hunts Canoe and Miniature Golf Address: 711 Lake Street S,W Oscoda, MI 48750 Phone: 989-739-4408 Web Site: www.huntscanoes.com |
| Pine River Paddlesport Center Address: 9590 M-37 South, Wellston, MI 49689 Phone: 231-862-3471 Web Site: www.thepineriver.com |
| Russell’s Canoe Livery & Campgrounds Address: 146 Carrington Street, Omer, MI 48749 Phone: 989-653-2644 Web Site: www.russellcanoe.com |
| Wisner Rents Canoes Address: 25 West Water Street, Newaygo, MI 49337 Phone: 231-652-6743 Web Site: www.wisnercanoes.com |
