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In this Exploring Michigan report, we are leaving vehicles behind and taking on the Chain of Lakes Water Trail.

Antrim County covers several cities and villages in northern Michigan, including Bellaire and Mancelona.

BELLAIRE — A loon’s mournful wail pierces the stillness of summer lakescapes creating a sound bridge to nature’s beauty and mysteries. But northern Michigan’s beloved loons have much stacked against

It's nesting season for common loons in northern Michigan, the birds are on the state threatened species list. Conservationists are asking folks to give them some space.

9 & 10 News May 26, 2021 The Chain of Lakes Water Trail has been a vision of many for some time now, and the five year effort to complete it is now over. On Wednesday, people gathered for the ribbon cutting ceremony that officially opened the water trails for recreational use. There are 100 miles of lakes and connecting rivers that complete the water trail out to Lake Michigan. “So we are really excited about the water trail. This is an effort that we have been working on for the past five ye...

9 & 10 News May 25, 2021 Paddle Antrim has completed the final elements of the Chain of Lakes Water Trail and is hosting a ribbon cutting ceremony on Wednesday, May 26. The ribbon cutting ceremony will be at Ellsworth’s Community Park on 9238 Lake St. at 1:30 p.m. Following the ceremony people are invited to launch their kayaks across the street at River Park. Paddle Antrim is a non-profit organization dedicated to protect Northern Michigan’s water resources by using paddle sports to connec...

Group warns of cold water temps for paddlers despite warming air temps in Michigan BOB BRODBECK/ASSOCIATED PRESS A kayaker is shown in Lake Superior off the cliffs at Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore near Munising, Mich., Aug. 2, 2003. Folks in this community of 2,500 have grumbled about meddling outsiders since the national lakeshore was established 38 years ago. Now, a proposal to designate a 11,739-acre section of the heavily forested park as wilderness, making it off-limits to motorized re...