The St. Ignace–Trout Lake Trail is a ORV, bicycle and

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that creates a non-highway right-of-way between the

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and the interior of Michigan's

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. The trail uses a section of the former roadbed of the

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. Proceeding from south to north, the trail departs

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, at a point adjacent to the northern end of the

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, and runs concurrently for the first of its route with the

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. The two trails then diverge and, continuing to follow the former railroad bed, the St. Ignace–Trout Lake Trail crosses

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from south to north and enters Chippewa County. At the trail's northern end, the unincorporated community of Trout Lake in Chippewa County, the trail's right-of-way resumes its active use as a railroad and the trail ends. Points of interest along the trail, from south to north, include: *

* Chain Lake *

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* Trout Lake

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:St. Ignace-Trout Lake Trail Protected areas of Chippewa County, Michigan Protected areas of Mackinac County, Michigan Rail trails in Michigan