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bring your family, hiking boots, and a thirst for adventure |
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Our trip starts in Manistique and continues throughout Schoolcraft county.
Being so centrally located to all the adventures we take in this wilderness we so respectfully call the U.P. Manistique gives us the perfect home base for our adventures and travels across the Upper Peninsula and Schoolcraft County. Our Fantastic Fall Color Tour will take to some of the most beautiful areas the North Country has to offer.
From the Mirror of Heaven, The Rainy Nature Preserve, Canoeing the rivers and Hiking the pathways and discovering long lost trails, it is all here when we take you on the Worlds Greatest Color Tour. |
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1 hour // camera |
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| Kitch-iti-kipi, "The Big Spring" is the largest in Michigan - forty feet deep and over 10,000 gallons of clear water gush per minute from the fissures in the underlying limestone. |
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1 hour // camera |
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| During his lifetime, Baraga founded many missions in northern Michigan. The original Indian Lake mission, the third of Baraga's faith, was built in anticipation of his first visit to the area in May of 1832. The chapel, built by local Chippewas, used traditional Indian construction methods and materials such as logs and bark. |
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2 hours // binoculars, hiking boots |
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| A hiking trail that passes through maple, yellow birch, and mixed conifer habitat takes hikers over boardwalks and through wet areas, leading to an elevated observation platform that provides a feeling of remoteness with outstanding opportunities for viewing wildlife. |
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2-4 hours // canoe, canoe gear, paddles |
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In all of Michigan there is no other area that offers the canoeist and Kayaker so many opportunities as Schoolcraft County. Whether you are a novice or an avid canoeist there is a body of water here for you. |
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3 hours // hiking boots, compass, bottled water |
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Ashford Lake Pathway is known more for its cross country skiing than its summer and fall hiking. That’s ok because that means its another secret that only a few know about. |
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2 hours // hiking boots, bottled water, walking stick |
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The Colwell Lake Trail begins at the boat launch parking lot. This natural surface, nature trail is 1.6 miles long and crosses through a variety of northern hardwood stands and wetlands. The trail has several areas where stairs or plank boardwalks are traversed. |
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2 hours // hiking boots, gloves |
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The Environmental Lab's purpose is for the environmental education of youths. The property is located within three miles of most of the county's schools and contains a wide variety of flora, fauna, topography, soils and stages of succession. Three state and federal grants, supported with local donations to match have allowed the project to develop and be successful. |
