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Here you can rent a canoe, browse a gift shop, and pick up some smoked fish for a picnic at Burt Lake State Park, one of six state parks in this corner of Michigan. Stop by Chillermania, the home bookstore of local author Johnathan Rand, who pens the American Chillers series and thrillers for kids of all ages. The land that was clear cut during the lumbering boom more than a century ago now offers beautiful fall scenery from late September to mid-October.īest Enjoyed: Late September to Mid-Octoberīegin in Indian River, just stone's throw-but a world away-from I-75. Snuggled between Burt Lake and Mullett Lake, this resort town is just about midway on the Inland Waterway, a 38-mile chain of navigable waters between Crooked Lake to the west and Lake Huron to the east. Woods and water have always been important to the northeast corner of Michigan's Sunrise Side at the "Tip of the Mitt." You'll see no shortage of either on a tour of the 200-mile triangle that includes the sandy beaches of Lake Huron, rivers and lakes teeming with fish, the only waterfalls in the Lower Peninsula, and thousands of acres of forests.
