Paddling near Houghton, MI

Houghton sits in Michigan's Keweenaw Peninsula on the Portage Canal, a waterway that connects Portage Lake to Lake Superior and forms the backbone of local paddling. The area draws kayakers, canoeists, and SUP paddlers to calm canal waters, the broader Portage Lake, the Sturgeon River Sloughs near Chassell, and the open Lake Superior coastline further up the peninsula.