Sturgeon River Michigan Paddle

A 5 minute clip canoeing the Sturgeon River from Wolverine to Indian River Michigan with the camera mounted on the canoe

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[canoegrrl]

It's great to see a solo canoeist take on the Sturgeon. Because of downed trees, this river is demanding. What I can't understand, is why someone would paddle this river without a PFD...life jacket. The water is cold!

[michiganinteractive]

I'm a good swimmer and the shore is only 20 feet away. I have ridden a log down the Rock River in Montana, this, piece of cake. DMG

[beccazon]

This is a wonderful capture!! I shared with a friend in the UK!! Niiice thanx

[Pril79]

@DaSchnozz Kayaking didn't tip once the water was higher this year from what my husband said. only got stuck on a log 1 time but no log jams i got stuck on top of a log. I'm lucky because i weigh nothing so i sort of float on top of the water in the boat most of the places where others were getting stuck due to the lower water to the rock i was breezing through. So much fun!!!

[DaSchnozz]

@Pril79 were you kayaking? tubing? tandem canoeing? the first two choices are pretty easy, it takes skill to navigate this river in a canoe with a partner. but way more fun in my opinion. regardless, being on that river is a blast no matter what you're doing...as long as it's not trying to pull your boat out of a log jam :(

[Pril79]

Thanks for posting this. Group of friends are going again this year.. My first year!

exciting. they had me all scared at first too saying it was supper fast and lots of riffles. This isn't that bad.

[DaSchnozz]

@michiganinteractive i agree..this river is easy while soloing it. all you need to do is through in a rudder and it's a cake walk..err paddle

[DaSchnozz]

my friends and i do a 4th of july river trip every year on the sturgeon. i could paddle this river every single day....

[mmdghr]

awesome vid i am hitting that river this weekend !!!

[kuhnjg]

Been there many times. Love the fast current and small rapids. Most fun water in the LP in my opinion. Only downside is that it's only a day trip.

[MARINEfreak06]

nice to see the true buety of michigan! i live there

[marys1000]

Love this, thanks! My first ever kayak experience I was just driving around and decided to try a very short trip, was by myself. Of course I went around a turn, into an overhanging tree and dumped almost right away. Yes there are lots of overhanging trees! Was in an eddy spot that was over my head and did barely manage to catch the kayak as I was concentrating on holding onto my paddle, my hat . I am a good swimmer but my PFD certainly helped in that situation. What an intro to kayaking!

[jkraft419]

@canoegrrl

I agree!! We did this river a couple years ago, the water is very cold.

I don't think it matters if a person is a good swimmer or not, when you dump you have to worry about catching your boat and paddle, why add the extra worry about having to swim too? We always wear our life jackets!