At Grand Island Boat Tours we give private, custom pontoon tours of majestic Grand Island. As the second largest island in Lake Superior, located just offshore from Munising, Grand Island is a stunningly beautiful National Recreation Area. The towering 600 million year old sandstone cliffs, pristine sand and stone beaches, waterfalls, lighthouses and bald eagles […]
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The North Country National Scenic Trail runs from Vermont to North Dakota and is approximately 4800 miles long, traversing the Upper Peninsula en-route. Most of the 20 mile Munising/AuTrain portion of the NCT is within the Hiawatha National Forest, winding through a variety of forested ecosystems with interspersed lakes. The Hiawatha`s Munising North Country Trail
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A short 1/8 mile accessible trail encircles the recently stabilized ruins of a blast furnace where pig iron was made between 1870 and 1877. One of the last remaining structures of its kind in the Upper Peninsula, it is also a good place to view Lake Superior and Grand Island. From the village of Christmas
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The Bay de Noc/Grand Island Trail parallels the Whitefish River, starting from 1/2 to 2 miles east of the river. The trail follows the approximate location of an ancient Chippewa Indian portage route used to carry canoes and supplies between Lake Superior and Lake Michigan. The Bay de Noc/Grand Island Trail begins from a point
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NEED TO CHARTER A BOAT? Kimar’s Charters 3216 Highway M-28 AuTrain, MI 49806 Phone: (906) 892-8277 Website: www.kimarscharters.com Fishing licenses are available at many local businesses. A trout and salmon stamp is required to fish for those species. Persons under 17 years of age may fish without a license.
Trout and salmon are prized catches for fishermen on the deep blue waters of Lake Superior. But the local favorite is the whitefish. Most Lake Superior fishing captains specialize in family fishing and you should end up with a cooler full of excellent eating trout or salmon from the cool, clean waters of Lake Superior.
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Visitors are delighted with this one-mile-long picturesque beach, located six miles east of Munising (on H58), then travel six miles north on Miner’s Castle Road.
Twelvemile Beach is very secluded and is located just after Spray Falls. Located 16 miles west of Grand Marias, on CR H-58.
This gem of a beach is a very popular spot for tourists and residents alike and is a great place to watch the sunsets. Located at the end of the Sand Point Road, just four miles northeast of Munising. The Weather Channel has named Sand Point Beach within Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore as one of
