Skanee Campgrounds

WITZ'S MARINA and CAMPGROUND
(906) 524-7795
A pleasant, wooded campground wraps around this well-sheltered 70-slip marina on Huron Bay. The 50 campsites (around $20/night) are definitely rustic, with vault toilets and no showers, but there is water and electricity. There's a small store with snacks, ice, pop, and tackle, groceries, and camp supplies. (The store is sided in slate — most unusual.) Summer sees many children playing and riding bikes. (Most drives aren't paved.) There's a small playgrounds.

In Skanee. From the Community Building on Town Line Road, veer right (northeast) along the lake.

BIG ERIC'S BRIDGE CAMPGROUND
(906) 353-6651
20 rustic campsites (vault toilets, no showers, hand pump) are up on a beautiful wooded bank by the Huron River and Big Eric's Bridge. Downstream, at its mouth, there's a scenic, primitive beach campground in the pines. Serviced from May thru Nov. $10/night fee at rustic campground only.

Go toward Skanee from Main Street in downtown L'Anse. Continue out on Skanee Road past Town Rd. and Skanee. The road turns east and the pavement ends at Big Eric's Bridge. (906) 353-6651. Open from late April to first snowfall or end of deer hunting season. Handicap access: no.

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SKANEE
POINTS OF INTEREST

Silver Falls. An interestingly complex woodland hike reaches an overlook, then dark rocks, rushing water, and a wading pool. Downstream are a second waterfall and swimming hole. Part of Copper Country State Forest. ... more

Black Slate Falls and Quartzite Falls. A short trail reaches two little, idyllic woodland waterfalls over quarzite and dark, layered slate. ... more

Big Eric's Bridge, Big Huron River and mouth. Memorable state forest area along a steelhead stream: beautiful rapids, camping at the Huron River mouth with its wavy sandbars and bayou, Lake Superior view of Huron Islands and the dramatic Huron Mountains near Big Bay. ... more

Huron Islands & Lighthouse. The Huron River's mouth offers a splendid view of the rocky Huron Islands, a wildlife refuge, just offshore in Lake Superior. Knowledgeable boaters or a Skanee fishing charter can reach the stabilized granite lighthouse on the westernmost island. It was built in 1868 to warn copper shipping vessels of rocks and shifting waters. ... more

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