Presque Isle - B) Underwood Tower Rd to Steigers Bridge (7.5 miles)


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B) Underwood Tower Rd to Steigers Bridge (7.5 miles)

Usual Difficulty II-IV (may vary with level)
Length 7.5 Miles
Avg. Gradient 20 fpm
Max Gradient 58 fpm

Gauge Information

Name Range Difficulty Updated Level
BLACK RIVER NEAR BESSEMER, MI
usgs-04031000 2.20 - 10.00 ft II-IV 04h30m ~ 1.39 ft (rc= -0.1 )


River Description

Reach includes Minnewawa Falls and Nimikon Falls.

Put-in: broken bridge on Underwood Tower Road
Take-out: Steigers Bridge on logging road
Note: Getting shuttle vehicles down to the listed take-out at Steigers Bridge may not be available due to the logging road being closed (gated). This may necessitate continuing downstream to run the Lower Presque. This makes a long day, paddling a total of 15.7 miles (or 16.8 to the mouth, including the 'final mile' or Bottom Presque run).

Note: There is about 16 miles of low gradient river from the listed take-out of the prior (upper section) to the put-in for this section.


AW members may click here for Part 1 of an article from the AW Journal, way back in 1981!
AW members may click here for Part 2 of the article.

In addition to this reach, the article also describes the following:
Michigan's
Lower Presque Isle,
Middle Black,
Lower Black,
Upper Silver,
Lower Silver,
Falls, and
Rock,
and Wisconsin's
Lower Brunsweiler,
Montreal, W.Fk., and
Montreal Canyon.



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Last Updated: 2009-11-23 11:40:30