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Connor Bayou

Connor Bayou is a free public kayak and canoe launch on the Grand River near Grand Haven, Michigan.

The Grand River at Ada
Grand River, the water this launch is on. The Grand River at Ada Photo: Larry Pieniazek, Lar (commons) or Lar(en:wp) (primary) · CC BY 2.5 · via Wikimedia Commons

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
Carry-in (canoe and kayak)
Fee
Free
Coordinates
43.03876, -86.10946

Directions (Google) Apple Maps

Channel depths in feet from the Army Corps' surveys (Detroit District; the one nearest this launch is of August 27, 2025). Not for navigation.

Conditions

Water level

Latest reading loads here; without it, see the USGS page below.

USGS gauge GRAND RIVER NEAR EASTMANVILLE, MI, 4.3 mi from this launch on Grand River: water level, flow, a reading every 15 minutes. Readings and history at USGS.

Channel survey

The Army Corps surveys the channels it maintains and posts every survey.

  • Grand River · 0.1 mi from this launch
    Hydrographic survey of August 27, 2025 by the Detroit District. Least depth in the channel (Grand River): 2.6 ft below Low Water Datum; project depth 8 ft. Survey sheet (PDF)

US Army Corps of Engineers hydrographic surveys, from eHydro. A survey shows the bottom on the day it was made; channels shoal after high water and change with dredging. Not for navigation.

On Grand River

The Grand River is a river in Michigan's Lower Peninsula, 252 miles long and the longest river in the state. It rises from springs in Somerset Township, Hillsdale County, and flows generally northwest through Jackson, Eaton Rapids, Dimondale, Lansing, Grand Ledge, Portland, Ionia, Lowell and Grand Rapids. It enters Lake Michigan at Grand Haven. Over its course it drops from 1,260 feet to 577 feet, and its basin drains 5,572 square miles. Its tributaries include the Red Cedar, Looking Glass, Maple, Flat, Thornapple and Rogue rivers. Grand Rapids was named for a mile-long stretch of rapids that was submerged by dams built starting in 1835. More about Grand River.

Boating rules on Grand River

  • Slow-no-wake from the Grand Haven entrance channel pierhead upstream to the South Channel confluence source
  • Slow-no-wake throughout South Channel, Grand Haven source
  • Slow-no-wake from 3,200 feet below to 1,000 feet above the Grand Trunk Railway bridge, Grand Haven, plus a zone on the Ferrysburg side source
  • Slow-no-wake from the US 31 bridge upstream to Beechtree Street, Grand Haven source
  • Slow-no-wake for 3,500 feet upstream of the Indian Channel confluence (Crockery and Robinson townships) source
  • Slow-no-wake from 2,500 feet downstream to 1,500 feet upstream of 120th Avenue source
  • Slow-no-wake in section 1 of Grand Haven Township, and around Dick's Landing marina source
  • Slow-no-wake within 200 feet of the north shore for 4,000 feet east of the Spring Lake entrance source

Community

Where people who use Grand River talk about it.

Nearby launches

Sources

Why it is listed as public: miottawa.org: There are no entry or launch fees.. Something wrong, or is this launch private? Send a correction; it goes to a person.