Covered Bridges of the Flat River

I have yet to see a river in Michigan that wasn’t a beauty to behold, at least in its better stretches. But the Flat, unmarred for most of its journey from its headwaters in Six Lakes to its juncture with the Grand in Lowell, is an exceptionally lovely river.
Granted, my opinion may be a bit [...]

Belding Michigan

If you like history and old historical buildings, you will love Belding. Located on Belding Rd (M44) in northern Ionia County, Belding is a sleeper when it comes to history and places of interest.
Driving through town you cannot help but notice the towers on the turn of the century industrial buildings. All located along the [...]

Ionia Michigan

The Grand River winds its way through Ionia County. It has been an important waterway throughout history. The area was first home to Potawatomi, Ottawa and Chippewa Villages. Sometime later, traders and missionaries arrived in the area. In the spring of 1832, Mr. Samuel Dexter from New York made a real estate purchase of one [...]

Morrison Lake

Morrison Lake is located in southern Ionia County, just one mile south of I96. This Michigan lake of 325 acres lies in southern Boston Township and northern Campbell Township.
The DNR maintains a small access point on the northern side of Morrison Lake. To get there, take Portland Road to Morrison Lake Road,  turn south and [...]

Long Lake

Long Lake is located in Ionia County’s Orleans Township, two miles west of M 66 and eight miles north of the city limits of Ionia. Long Lake contains some 356 areas of surface waters, with maximum depths of 57 deep.
Fishermen report catches of Bluegill, Black Crappie, Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch and Pumpkinseed.
The DNR [...]

Tupper Lake

Tupper Lake is located in Odessa Township in southern Ionia County.
Located just outside of the village of Lake Odessa, Tupper Lake is a 97 acre lake with reported depths of 37 feet.
Tupper Creek flows into the lake and flows into nearby nearby  Jordan Lake.
Tupper Lake is a private Michigan lake with no known public access. [...]

Sessions Lake, Ionia State Recreation Area

Sessions Lake is located in the center of the Ionia State Recreation Area. Located in Ionia County at the corner of David Highway and Jordan Lake Road, Sessions Lake is only 3 ½ miles north of exit 64, off I96.
Developed in 1983, this 4500 acre state park has something for everyone with it’s lightly rolling [...]

The First Roadside Park

Have you ever seen a sign and thought “What’s up with that”? Of course you have. I have driven by this particular sign in western Ionia County along Grand River Drive for the last twenty years. This time I decided to stop and investigate.
The Michigan historic sign states: “Here on old US 16 in Boston [...]

Lake Odessa

Located on the southern Ionia County line lays a wonderful small Michigan town. Lake Odessa lies along the northern shore of Jordan Lake. Nearby are Tupper Lake and the popular Morrison Lake.
Founded in the 1800’s, Lake Odessa was named for the city of Odessa in the Ukraine by one of the town’s founders who had [...]

Jordan Lake

Jordan Lake is located on the southern edge of the village of Lake Odessa. Straddling the Barry County and Ionia County lines, Jordan Lake is a manmade lake where Tupper Creek flows into it from Tupper Lake. Out of Jordan Lake, the Little Thornapple River flows thru Barry County.
Jordan Lake boasts of 430 acres with [...]

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