I love to hike and I grew up in Monroe, MI. So, one of my favorite places is Pointe Mouillee State Game Area.
Pointe Mouillee means "wet point" in French. And that's what it was during the time of the French settlers. It was a big, marshy point of land that pushed out into Lake Erie.
Pointe Mouillee sits at a very interesting spot in Southeast Michigan's geography. It marks the southern mouth of the Huron River and also touches the extreme southern sections of the Detroit River. Lake Erie spreads out to the east.
The current version of Pointe Mouillee was actually constructed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The Corps constructed a "banana" shaped barrier island to protect the interior marshes. It's really quite amazing when you walk on top of it. It's miles and miles of man-made dike. Some of the material for this dike system came from the frequent dredging of the Detroit River and Lake Erie shipping channels.
Pointe Mouillee is a beautiful place. From its shoreline, you can see freighters, the Detroit River Light, the Renaissance Center in Detroit, Canada and the old Boblo Needle. It is definitely worth a visit.
See below for maps of this neat State Game Area:
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/moumaps-a.html
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/moumaps-b.html
http://www.michigandnr.com/publications/pdfs/huntingwildlifehabitat/sga/ptmouillee_airphoto.pdf
http://www.michigandnr.com/publications/pdfs/huntingwildlifehabitat/sga/ptmouillee.pdf
Pointe Mouillee means "wet point" in French. And that's what it was during the time of the French settlers. It was a big, marshy point of land that pushed out into Lake Erie.
Pointe Mouillee sits at a very interesting spot in Southeast Michigan's geography. It marks the southern mouth of the Huron River and also touches the extreme southern sections of the Detroit River. Lake Erie spreads out to the east.
The current version of Pointe Mouillee was actually constructed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The Corps constructed a "banana" shaped barrier island to protect the interior marshes. It's really quite amazing when you walk on top of it. It's miles and miles of man-made dike. Some of the material for this dike system came from the frequent dredging of the Detroit River and Lake Erie shipping channels.
Pointe Mouillee is a beautiful place. From its shoreline, you can see freighters, the Detroit River Light, the Renaissance Center in Detroit, Canada and the old Boblo Needle. It is definitely worth a visit.
See below for maps of this neat State Game Area:
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/moumaps-a.html
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/moumaps-b.html
http://www.michigandnr.com/publications/pdfs/huntingwildlifehabitat/sga/ptmouillee_airphoto.pdf
http://www.michigandnr.com/publications/pdfs/huntingwildlifehabitat/sga/ptmouillee.pdf
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Here are some older hike reports that I originally posted on several internet bulletin boards:
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