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Location: Grand Rapids, MI | Lac Vieux Desert Reservoir Boating Access Site Closes Temporarily for Construction
The Department of Natural Resources announced today that the Lac Vieux Desert Reservoir Boating Access Site in the Upper Peninsula’s Gogebic County will be closed for construction beginning June 16.
The construction upgrade will include dredging the boat launch area and installing a new 36-foot wide by 70-foot long concrete ramp, and a new five-foot by 30-foot courtesy pier. The current ramp is in poor condition and deteriorating.
Funds for this project were awarded through a grant from the Wisconsin Valley Improvement Company and the Michigan State Waterways Fund.
Construction is scheduled to be complete on June 27.
Until repairs are complete, boaters and anglers can access the lake from a fee site in Indian Village on the northeast side of the lake. There are also two launches in Wisconsin. One launch is in the National Forest Campground, and the other is the Thunder Bay launch on the far southeast side of the lake.
For more information, contact the Baraga Field Office and Baraga State Park Supervisor Dan Dowdy at 906-353-6558.
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Posts: 158
| Thanks for the info Will, my brothers are fishing in Vilas next week, this should save them some time. Is this the launch on the NW side of the lake, adjacent to Misery Bay? |
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Location: Grand Rapids, MI | I'm not familiar with the area but from a quick search it looks like it's near Watersmeet and Misery Bay. |
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Location: Verona, WI | That is the Misery Bay ramp. |
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Posts: 311
| That ramp is about 13 miles from Watersmeet, and about 7 miles from Land O' Lakes. Take Hwy 45 North about 2 miles from Land O', turn right on CR210 (Indian Village Road), go about 5 miles, turn right on Misery Bay road and the boat landing is on the left.
This landing is probably the best one on that lake, nice to see that they are going to make it better.
Crescent Lake landing(West of Rhinelander on Hwy 8) is one of the best so far, but the parking area is terrible. |
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Posts: 294
| The boat launch is now done and from what I hear it is just awesome!
Anyone fishing here lately? |
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