Michigan / St. Joseph River /

Benton Harbor

Boat ramp · on St. Joseph River · near Saint Joseph · Michigan

Status not reported No closure has been posted for this launch, but its agency does not publish open or closed status. Check with the managing agency before you tow.

At the launch

Type
Boat ramp
Managed by
Michigan DNR Parks and Recreation
Coordinates
42.10413, -86.46525

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On St. Joseph River

The St. Joseph River, known locally as the Saint Joe, is a 210-mile river. It flows generally west through southern Michigan and northern Indiana and empties into Lake Michigan at St. Joseph. It rises at Baw Beese Lake in Hillsdale County and passes Mendon. At Three Rivers it is joined by the Rocky, Portage and Prairie rivers. The river then dips into Indiana through Elkhart, Mishawaka and South Bend before turning north back into Michigan past Niles and Berrien Springs. Near its mouth it divides St. Joseph from Benton Harbor and receives the Paw Paw River. Its 4,685-square-mile basin is the third-largest watershed draining to Lake Michigan, and the main stem has 17 dams. More about St. Joseph River.

Boating rules on St. Joseph River

  • Slow-no wake speed from the river mouth (including Morrison Channel) upstream to the southernmost point of Radio Island, St. Joseph/Benton Harbor source
  • Slow-no wake speed from the I&M dam downstream around Bachelor Island, Buchanan Township source
  • Boating prohibited in a described area just downstream of the Indiana Michigan Power Company dam in Buchanan source
  • Michigan Recreation Passport required at the Jasper Dairy DNR access source

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Why it is listed as public: listed by Michigan DNR Boating Access Sites. Something wrong, or is this launch private? Corrections help everyone; a reporting form is coming soon.