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No
 Wake
Zones

 Detroit River
South of Detroit

            Grass Island to
                      LaSalle

               5 Knots
           (10 km/hr)

                Speed Limit
W3y0a0ndFottte - 10E0c0orsFet.-

Grosse Ile,
Trenton, and Gibraltar
Sugar Island                     Canals
Area - 1000 Ft. and
                                 Marina
                                 Areas -
                                 500 Ft

                 Maple &
        Milleville Beach

          NoCWanaaklse-

(Lake Erie Metropark
                entrance)

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 Note: All unmarked
  areas are subject to
 Michigan & Ontario

    laws which state
    that NO WAKE
    speed is required
 within 100 ft of shore.

 Lake Erie

Upper Detroit River "No Wake"                                               Channels & St. Clair River "No Wake" Zones

   Zones from Lake St. Clair Detroit - No Wake                                            These no wake restrictions on the

                                               within 400' of Shore         Map not for   St. Clair River in effect north
       Belle Isle "North Side"                                              navigational
                                                                                          to Black River in Port Huron
               No Wake
      Belle Isle "South Shore"                                              purposes.      Zones vary
   No wake within 200' of shore                                                           depending on
                                                                                          the size boat                            No Wake FOR
  Detroit - No Wake                       DetroitWindsor                                                                           ALL vessels
within 400' of Shore                                      Canadian Side of                  you have.                              regardless
                                                                                                                                   of size
                                                           Peche Island -   Baltimore

                                                       5 Knot Speed Limit   Channel                                                200-600' Rule:

Markers "should be" visible in these areas, however,                        Chethneal"BSnoiuBt Roroan"d North Channel              Vessels less than
           you are responsible to know the law.                                                    Middle Channel                  26' must maintain
                                                                                                                                   200' from
 Lake St. Clair "No Wake" Zones                                                                                                    shore.
                                                                                                                                   Vessels 26'
The Macomb County Sheriff Marine Division describes                                                                                and longer must
the rules as follows:                                                                                                              maintain 600'
• No wake within 100' from: "Shore, Swimming areas,                                                                                from shore.
Swimmers, Anchored boats and rafts."
• St. Clair Shores has their own ordinance in front of                                    South Channel                            No wake for ves-
the Nautical Mile. NO WAKE zone 600' from shore.                                                                                   sels 26' and longer.
This is roughly between 11 Mile Road and the border of                                      Information provided by the St. Clair  Vessels less
Grosse Pointe Shores.                                                                         County Sheriff - Marine Division     than 26'
• Speed Limit: Maximum speed of 55mph within one                                                                                   must
                                                                                                                                   maintain
mile of shore.                                                                                                                     200' from shore.

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