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    Pictured Rocks

    National Lakeshore Michigan

  • Fire Ban in Effect

    A FIRE BAN in all drive-in and hike-in campgrounds, effective at 4 p.m. on Thursday, May 24. Due to very hazardous conditions, the ban is in effect until further notice.

  • Chapel Road - last quarter mile closed

    The last quarter-mile of Chapel Road is closed due to construction. Only very limited parking available along Chapel Road. Please park at Miners Beach. More »

  • Sable Falls re-opens, Friday, May 25, 5 p.m.

    The trail and stairs to Sable Falls are closed due to a collapse of the stream bank. Work is nearly done, and the trail will re-open for Memorial Day weekend!

New Boating Regulations Take Effect in 2006

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Date: May 11, 2006
Contact: Larry Hach, 906-387-2607

Personal watercraft may only operate as far east as Miners Beach within Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore.
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Miners Beach
Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore reminds park boaters that two new rules regarding boating and water use regulations became effective in May 2006.

Personal watercraft (PWC) are now permitted to operate within the lakeshore’s one-quarter mile water boundary on Lake Superior from the western boundary near Sand Point to the east end of Miners Beach. PWC may be launched from the designated boat ramp at Sand Point. PWC users may beach their craft on Sand Point and Miners Beaches.

In compliance with the State of Michigan's Personal Watercraft Safety Act of 1998 (Public Act 116), personal watercraft may not operate within 200 feet of the shoreline unless traveling perpendicular to the shoreline at no-wake speed.

Personal watercraft will not be allowed to launch or operate at any other location within Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore.

The second regulation change requires that only electric outboard motors may be used on Little Beaver and Beaver Lakes. Gasoline outboard motors are no longer permitted. The new motor regulations for the Beaver Lakes were identified in the final General Management Plan approved for the lakeshore in November 2004.

For further information on these new boating and water use regulations at Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, contact Chief Ranger Larry Hach at (906) 387-2607.

 
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Did You Know?

Lyndon B. Johnson being sworn in as President of the U.S. by Chief Justice Earl Warren as Lady Bird Johnson and Hubert Humphrey look on.

Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore is America's first National Lakeshore, authorized on October 15, 1966. On the same day, President Lyndon B. Johnson also signed into law another piece of landmark legislation -- the National Historic Preservation Act. More...