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May 25, 2021
Paddle Antrim has completed the final elements of the Chain of Lakes Water Trail and is hosting a ribbon cutting ceremony on Wednesday, May 26.
The ribbon cutting ceremony will be at Ellsworth’s Community Park on 9238 Lake St. at 1:30 p.m.
Following the ceremony people are invited to launch their kayaks across the street at River Park.
Paddle Antrim is a non-profit organization dedicated to protect Northern Michigan’s water resources by using paddle sports to connect people to the waterways.
The Chain of Lakes Water Trail is 99 miles of water trails for paddlers to explore throughout the Ellsworth, Central Lake, Bellaire and Elk Rapids communities.
It wasn’t long before I figured out why some of the maps showed the road going through and some of the maps show it ending, so I turned around and went back the same way I had come in.
I decided to head through O’Neals Meadow on the way back, taking a left at 6S62, then a right on I soon reached an area that I thought was probably the old road that went into the upper part of O’Neals Meadow. There was no sign on the road but I believe at one time it went through and the other end has a sign with 5S63A. There are so many big, down trees on this road on the north side of O’Neals Meadow, I would say that section is pretty much blocked. But I did it last year and where there is a will there is a way on foot.