Boat Launches & Marinas
Escanaba Marina
The Escanaba Marina has 165 boat slips, docks and moorings for seasonal and transient boaters. The natural looking harbor is actually man-made, with the island built up to protect the harbor. There is a brand new marina building to greet boaters. Services include electricity, showers and fuel. The harbor is part of Ludington Park at the end of downtown Escanaba. Lodging, shopping and restaurants are nearby. Harbor Master's Office is open from May 13 through October 11. Call 906-786-9614 or 1-800-700-9614 for more information. Or write Harbor Master, Escanaba Municipal Marina, P.O. Box 948, Escanaba MI 49829.
Gladstone Marina
The Gladstone Harbor is open from May 15 to Labor Day. Amenities include electric service, fuel, holding tank pump-out, restrooms and showers and long term parking. It's a beautiful marina a few miles from the tip of Little Bay de Noc. The marina is part of Van Cleve Park and a short distance from downtown Gladstone. Seasonal Phone Number is 906-428-2916. The Off Season Phone Number is 906-428-2311.
Boat Launches
- Burnt Camp 1 mile south of Cornell On Escanaba River
- Sand Point Ludington Park, Escanaba Little Bay De Noc
- Ford River M-35, Ford River Little Bay De Noc
- Garden Bay 1 mile south of Garden Big Bay De Noc
- Kipling 1 mile north of Gladstone Little Bay De Noc
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- Portage Point 3 miles south of Escanaba Little Bay De Noc
- Dam 3 Impoundment 3 miles west of Gladstone On Escanaba River
- Little Fish Dam River 2 miles east of Isabella Big Bay De Noc
- Rapid River Mouth 1 mile south of Rapid River Little Bay De Noc
- Portage Bay 6 miles east of Fayette Lake Michigan
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- Gladstone Marina Gladstone Little Bay De Noc
- Escanaba River Mouth of Escanaba River Little Bay de Noc
- Fuller Park 16 miles south of Escanaba Bay of Green Bay
- Nahma Big Bay de Noc
- North Shore Wells Little Bay de Noc 3 miles north of Escanaba
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Attention Anglers!
Are you...
- Fed up with waiting an unlimited amount of time to launch or retrieve your boat?
- Tired of boating on congested waters?
- Paying an astronomical fee to launch your boat?
- Tired of walking long distances to park or retrieve your boat trailer?
If your answer is "YES" to any of the above, we invite you to spend a day on the Bay and discover the excellent fishery of Little Bay de Noc.
Here's What's News!
The Space That Launched a Thousand Ships
Escanaba's North Shore Boat Launch ready for spring debut.
WRAPPING THINGS UP - From left, Escanaba Harbor Master Tom Morin, STS Consultants Project Manager Jeff Bal, Onsite Inspector Brett Baij and Escanaba Parks and Recreation Director Tony Schomin gathered at the new North Shore Boat Launch Tuesday. Schomin praised the contractor's work, given the project's relatively short time-frame for construction.
LYNN JOHNSON
Daily Press - November 12, 2003
ESCANABA - The official "ribbon cutting" won't happen until spring, but for all intents and purposes Escanaba's North Shore Boat Launch is finished.
The project will be declared "substantially complete" on Friday, Parks and Recreation Director Tony Schomin said. The launch will be gated and locked during winter to discourage fishing on unstable river ice. Schomin and project managers met this week for a final meeting. Schomin and Mayor Judi Schwalbach and Harbor Master Tom Morin gathered with contractors on Tuesday to inspect the end product that's been years in the making.
"Unveiled" were a fully paved access road and parking lot with space for 200 vehicles and trailers, a 114-foot long ramp leading into the Escanaba River, and an auxiliary attendant's building with storage room and separate restroom building. Six launching docks won't be put in the river until the ice is gone in spring. Crews are finishing up minor landscaping.
As the second largest boat launching facility in the state, the North Shore Boat Launch will be the starting point for professional walleye fishing tournaments next summer. It's intended to also become key in drawing for recreational boaters from across the region.
"It's the best site I've ever seen - and I've been at a lot of launch sites." - said Schwalbach, a boater and member of the Coast Guard Auxiliary.
Also on the wait list until spring is parking lot striping and an environmental determination and disposal of soils unearthed during construction. The items are minor considering the project has been on the state and city's drawing board since 1997. It was a rocky road that led toward the groundbreaking.
A complex and lengthy land sales negotiation at one time threatened to halt the project. Instead, the city hired a lawyer to help finalize an agreement. The chief point of contention was environmental liability. Resolution came in April and the city purchased the 12-acre parcel with a $133,000 State Grant.
DRIVE BY - A recreational boater, background, checks out the 114 foot-wide concrete ramp at the newly constructed North Shore Boat Launch Tuesday. Docks will be placed in the Escanaba River in the spring, when the state's second largest boat launching facility officially opens for business. (Daily Press photos by Lynn Johnson)
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