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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   WindsorDetroit                                                                                        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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