Canfield Lake

Canfield Lake is located in Filer Township in Manistee County. One of the things I like about Canfield Lake is that it is close to everything.  It is located two miles south of Manistee, 1 mile west of US31, 2 miles east of the Lake Michigan shoreline.
This Michigan lake of 34 acres has a reported [...]

Wolf Lake

Wolf Lake is located in Peacock Township in central Lake County. To get there, take M37 about six miles due north from Baldwin’s stop light. Wolf Lake is a Michigan lake of 418 acres of surface waters, but unfortunately, it is only about 12 feet deep at its deepest point.
The lake has been popular for many [...]

Selkirk Lake

Selkirk Lake is located in Wayland Township in eastern Allegan County, two miles south and one mile east of the village of Bradley.  
Selkirk Lake has 94 acres of surface waters, with reported depths of 39 feet.
There is a public boat launch for the lake on the south side of Selkirk Lake, just off 125th Ave. [...]

Big Lake

Big Lake is located in Watson township in eastern Allegan Township.
Big Lake is 135 acres of surface waters with reported depths of 20 feet.
There is a public boat launch for the lake on the north side of Big Lake, just off 120th Ave. Limited parking and vault style toilets can be found at the site.
Big [...]

Michigan’s Show

One of the benefits of being on or near the waterfront in Michigan is that the scenery changes not only in  the four seasons, but throughout each day.
The water is constantly changing and always amazing.  From the predawn mist on a cool summer morning, to the reflection of the brilliant sunset in the evening, the [...]

Tower Lake

Tower Lake is located in the center of Grattan Township in eastern Kent County. This private, modest Michigan lake of only seventeen acres,  has reported depths of 50 feet and is surrounded by nature. Most of the land parcels surrounding Tower Lake are larger than most lake front properties in the area. In fact,  this spring [...]

Lake Allegan

Lake Allegan is located in Valley Township, just outside of the city of Allegan in Allegan County. This lake of 1500 acres is actually the backwaters of the Kalamazoo River behind the Allegan Dam.
There are several things that I like about this area, one being that  Allegan County has a lot of wooded acreage to [...]

Reed Lake

The township of Lake, in southwest Lake County, is home to many Michigan lakes, the largest being Big Star Lake.
Reed Lake is just one mile north and west of Big Star.Reed Lake is part of three small neighboring lakes:  Reed, Rainbow and Orchard Lakes. Reed Lake is the deepest of the three, with depths of [...]

Murray Lake

Murray Lake is located in Grattan Township.  This all sports Michigan lake of 320 acres with reported depths of up to 50 feet, is the third largest lake in Kent county.
The lake is shaped like a horseshoe.  The peninsula, or the inside of the horseshoe,  was originally an island. In the 1950’s Mr. Murray filled [...]

Michigan on Ice

I wanted to get out and see it while it was still there to see. This time of year, once can’t count on its sticking around; it could linger for several more weeks or be gone within a day or two. I’m talking about ice.
Granted, ice is not normally the most compelling subject. I mean, [...]

Next Page »