  Upinottawa Member Username: Upinottawa Post Number: 535 Registered: 09-2005 |
Metro planners envision a playground where waterway's grandeur will be cherished: http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs .dll/article?AID=2006609270347 | ||
Mama_jackson Member Username: Mama_jackson Post Number: 34 Registered: 06-2006 |
Love to canoe and be on the water! It seems for safety sake, it would be better to rent pontoons to the public. For a small business likely the insurance would be expensive for kayak rental. | ||
Wilderness Member Username: Wilderness Post Number: 23 Registered: 09-2006 |
When I was young that tributary shown used to be lined with boats parked on the shore. The park was always full. Today and for many years the park is desolate. There's a public boat launch just off West Road that is actually near the bridge that crosses to Grosse Isle. | ||
Ndavies Member Username: Ndavies Post Number: 2193 Registered: 10-2003 |
I think you actually mean the Elizabeth Park boat launch. The road it's on is the Grosse Ile Parkway. It's a half mile from West Road. It is closer to Van Horn Rd. Elizabeth Park recently went through a major overhaul. Complete with the addition of many boat slips and a renoivation of all the park buildings. You no longer have to beach in the canal. You can now tie up at the docks. It's very nice and still very busy. | ||
Ndavies Member Username: Ndavies Post Number: 2194 Registered: 10-2003 |
http://www.michigan.gov/dnr/0, 1607,7-153-10365_10884_18317-4 4576--,00.html http://www.waynecounty.com/par ks/elizabeth_pk.htm | ||
Wilderness Member Username: Wilderness Post Number: 24 Registered: 09-2006 |
My bad, it is Van Horn. The photo of the Freep article is the small stream that runs through Elizabeth Park (as opposed to the channel. The stream at Van Horn is approx 300-500 ft off W. Jefferson. Folks used to pull their boats onto shore from the stream when I was young and then have the others of their group picknicking on shore. Back then it was a rarity that you could get an open space along the stream. There also used to be pony rides and carted-pony rides at Elizabeth Park as well. Thanks for link to the boat launch, it looks like a vast improvement. Any idea if the building on West Jefferson that was part of the park was renovated as well? |
