Paddling near Michigan City, IN

Sitting in LaPorte County on Indiana's 43-mile Lake Michigan shoreline, Michigan City anchors the eastern end of the Lake Michigan Water Trail, which runs 75+ miles of south shore from Chicago to New Buffalo. The city's pier, basin, and ramp open access to big-water paddling, while Trail Creek threads the urban core to the lake as a noted trout and salmon stream. Inland, the LaPorte lake chain and Kankakee River round out the local scene.