Huron (Washtenaw)

Paddled this 'portage' about 3 weeks ago with my wife. The flow was around 800 cfs. These are all small class I drops. At 800 cfs there may have been 2 drops approaching class II, and which you could kind of surf on. These drops are very narrow. Can be used to practice basic eddy turns and peel outs. A couple of drops may even be good ferry practice for a beginner. A couple of the pools were deep enough to practice rolling in current. You can pull your boat out and walk it back to the put-in for multiple laps.

I biked past the site last week, and construction is nearly complete. All the rock weirs (made of large rectangular limestone blocks) are in place, and the bank trail is being worked on now. It's a series of pools about 20-30 yards long each, with a drop chute from each to the next. The chutes are obviously sized for easy passage of canoes, and the drops are small, maybe a foot or two.