The Shiawassee Snye ?

A snye is a side-water channel that rejoins a larger river, creating an island.

The word is an Englishing of the Québécois French chenail, `channel.'
Chenail is an Acadian dialect form of the standard continental French word
for water channel, chenal.

 Snye is spelled the way it is in Canadian English because it imitates the
 Quebec pronunciation of chenail, which is shneye, to rhyme with eye.
 Because the second syllable of chenail is stressed hard, in rapid colloquial speech
 the unstressed first syllable of chenail tends to almost disappear,
hence the pronunciation shneye.

A little geography lesson for the 2012 Labor Day weekend.

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August & Sept 2012 Group Paddles on Shiawassee

August

27^th      New addition- By popular request we have added an extra Moonlight paddle on Lobdell Lake. Meet at Navistarz Restaurant on Silver Lake Rd in Argentine for dinner on the deck at 6:30. We will launch for a paddle between 7:30 & 7:45. You can skip dinner and start at the DNR boat launch and meet up with us, we will be passing by on our way to Bennett Lake.

 

September

3^rd       Labor Day Moonlight Paddle Linden Mill Pond

The new Restaurant, Spoonz, has not opened so we will eat upstairs at the Linden Hotel in the Crow’s Nest at 6:30. We’ll launch at the Linden Mill Pond between 7:30-7:45 and paddle to Lake Ponemah, cross the lake to enter Squaw then back to Linden. If you cannot make it for dinner just join us for the paddle.

 

22^rd      The Linden Autumn Festival paddle was a great success last year and should be another fun paddle this year. Meet at the Keepers Launch in Bush Park at 11:30. We’ll spot cars in Linden with everyone ready to launch by12:00. Participants of the paddle can purchase “A Taste in Linden” tickets that day at the pre-event price of $10.

 

Questions, concerns etc. contact the Fenton Area Paddlers

 

 

Yahoo Groups  

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Group Email Addresses

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Saturday October 6, 2012 Canoe in Color event

Saturday October 6, 2012 is a group paddle to enjoy the autumn leaf colors on the trees 
while paddling a canoe or kayak along the Shiawassee River from Holly to Fenton

Start Location
WaterWorks Park - 602 Broad Street
Holly, Michigan
United States

Finish Location
Strom Park - 299 S East St
Fenton, Michigan
United States

Contact Sue Julian
Phone 248-388-1313

On Facebook

Headwaterstrails Inc.
 https://www.facebook.com/pages/Headwaters-Trails-Inc/354066250140

Keepers of the Shiawassee
https://www.facebook.com/groups/111552015554058/


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Shiawassee River declared OPEN once again !

The Shiawassee River is once again completely navigable via canoe/kayak.

Starting in Oakland County at Holly,MI one can paddle thru to Owosso,MI and on to Bay City.

It had been blocked for decades, but not anymore ! -

Massive Log Jams were finally conquered in Byron/Argentine area allowing easy passage
with minimal portage along the river. Chainsaw crews have worked very hard to open
the river for paddling rec recreation.

Fall color paddling excursions can now enjoy the complete length of the Shiawassee
 - http://shiawassee-river.blogspot.com/2012/08/argentine-river-cleanup-august-12-2012.html
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River maps showing the flow from the south to the north

 http://shiawassee-river.blogspot.com/2011/02/shiawassee-river-maps.html



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Oil Pipelines and Shiawassee River

 A New Analysis Says Federal Laws Are Inadequate And That States Should
Approve Their Own Laws To Protect The Great Lakes From Pipeline Oil Spills.
 
     The Report Released Yesterday (Monday ) August 2012 By The National Wildlife
Federation And University Of Michigan Law School Comes Nearly Two Years
After An Enbridge Owned Pipeline Ruptured Near Marshall, Michigan Spilling
Over One (M) Million-Gallons Of Oil Into Talmadge Creek And The Kalamazoo
River.
     The Report Found That There Is No Federal Review Of Long-Term Risks
Related To Oil-Pipeline Routing Decisions And That State's Have Done Little,
If Anything To Improve Pipeline Safety.
     The Report Recommends That Changes Be Made At The State And Federal
Level, Including That Pipeline Laws Consider The Effects Of Oil Pipelines On
The Great Lakes Basin, Pipeline Information Be Publicly Available And That
States Regulate Intrastate Pipelines And Participate In Oversight And
Inspection Of Interstate Pipelines.


Some readers may remember the PipeLine work on the Shiawassee River


http://shiawassee-river.blogspot.com/2010/12/update-big-blue-construction-crane-on.html
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 http://www.panoramio.com/photo/45239277

http://www.panoramio.com/photo/45239643
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Argentine River CleanUp August 12 2012

Keepers of the Shiawassee on FaceBook

https://www.facebook.com/groups/111552015554058/

• • Sunday, August 12, 2012
  • 9:00am until 2:00pm

• South  Duffield  Road  in Argentine Township (yellow line on map is the Shiawassee River flowing under South Duffield Road)

• Headwaters Trails will be sponsoring a river cleanup on Sunday, August 12.  Meet at the bridge on Duffield Rd at 9 AM.  We will spot cars at Meier Rd and plan to stop around 2 PM. The goal is to try to get all the way to the Byron Mill Pond Following the cleanup, participants are invited to Maggie’s house  in Linden to eat. Vegetarian fare will be provided. Please let Chuck Julian know if you plan to come.  You can call him at home, 248-634-3513, at work, 248-335-8785  or on his cell phone 248-866-3069. He doesn’t usually carry his cell phone, so leave a message or email him at chuck.julian AT gcs3d DOT com Chuck Julian will bring a row boat, two chain saws and cables for  securing logs to the banks and a cooler full of drinks.  Please bring tools for trimming (if you have them) such as saws, clippers, long handled trimmers, ax, etc.  It is also good to bring sturdy gloves for picking up trash and long sleeves  if you are going to be helping move brush. Provide your own sun screen and a hat. Bring your own kayak, row boat or canoe for carrying supplies and/or trash.  On the last cleanup, we were loaded to capacity with trash when we got to the end. Please let Chuck know in advance if you can bring a boat,  have room for a passenger or if you need a ride.  He will try to match up people who do not have boats with people who have extra room.