Ontonagon, M.Br.

Put-in: From Bond Falls Road, there is a parking area and trailhead for the Western Upper Peninsula Heritage Trail. Carry down to below Bond Falls, which is very scenic, but all lands shallow.

Take-out: At wayside above Hwy.28 unless you are VERY sure of your skills. Agate Falls is 1/3 mile downstream, and falls 40'+ onto bedrock. It is definitely worth the hike down to view it after you have secured your boat in/on your vehicle.

Personally, I find these two falls (Bond and Agate) to be more similar than perhaps any two falls I have ever seen! It's great to have them as 'bookends' on this run.

Shuttle Information: Length: 12 miles, Time: 25 minutes (each way)

2006-06-30 Michael Toth Provides:

Three friends and I did this stretch last weekend. Water levels were quite low, down to ankle depth in some areas. Many of the shallow, rocky areas looked like they would be fun when the water is higher. Another 6' of water depth or so and many parts of this stretch will be great! I would expect many class II areas and a few class III's at higher water levels.

On the downside, this stretch required numerous portages due to fallen timber in the river as well as some beaver dams. Expect 10+ short portages over fallen logs. The beaver dams culminate in what we called 'Beaver Castle', a huge network of beaver dams and fallen timber about halfway through this stretch. To get past this area, you will need to portage to the small tributary just to the right of Beaver Castle. You can't immediately see it unless you walk over some of the fallen timber towards the right. (There may be a better route through this maze-like area of slow-moving tributaries, but that's the one we took.) From here, the river goes through some marshy areas where the water moves very slowly. Eventually, it returns to rock-bed rapids very sim

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