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How to Boat to the bour Club - and under a narrow but fairly bottom a few feet down. Just take it slow on
SchoolHouse Grille Inside tall bridge where we didn’t need to really your first time and enjoy the ride.
duck, we slowly made are way down a cou- As of the end of 2016, the Grille
Harsen’s Island ple miles to the Grille. It was quite a scenic didn’t have a standard dock yet, so beach-
ride. ing your dingy or waverunner may be re-
Do you remember in the Wizard of Oz Once on the canal, we found it is quired if someone beats you to the dock
- the movie starts in black & white - then not marked. It’s basically a straight line to (bring your water shoes).
when Dorothy opens the door after the the Grille, however, there were a few areas The week we did this first run, a
Tornado to enter Munchkinland, the drab where we had to make some decisions to group of paddleboarders was coming and
became so beautiful. stay left or right to avoid shallower water -

That’s what it was like when we and, it may “not” have been shallow, we just launching from the Grille’s large property
went through this tiny, barely noticeable took the route that looked more traveled. (I to explore the area. Their property also
bridge from the North Channel into the was told that hopefully these couple areas makes a great kayak starting spot. You can
guts of Harsen’s Island one day. will be marked in 2017). The water is crys- arrange this through the manager Tina.
Late 2015, an existing More details on the Restaurants’ Page 50.
canal was dredged out through tal clear so it’s easy
the center of Harsen’s Island. to see what’s com-
Entering this canal from the ing ahead, however,
North Channel - directly we did pass over a
across from the Algonac Har- couple old stumps
from years ago that
we could see at the

House at
the corner

Bridge

Small dock, but plenty of frontage to
beach your dingy, kayak,

waverunner, canoe, or waterboard.

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