Did this River Build Michigan, the Midwest and the Prairie States? Kind of. . .

[@andybovee827]

I grew up in Lansing, and the Grand River was such a big part of my childhood.

[@andybovee827]

I'm also related to Rix Robinson. My grandmother was Francis Robinson, and he was like my 5x great uncle.

[@Whuffagowie]

I know where a Voyageur cabin site is in the City of Jackson. I found it when I was a kid. My friend and I found a clay pipe bowl sitting on tree roots and the last vestiges of bottoms of logs that formed the base of the cabin, long rotted away. The year was 1958 and I was ten years old at the time.

[@tedtimmis8135]

Wow. As a lifelong Michigander, I learned something new. Really well done!

[@geniebeats9309]

Originally from East Jordan Michigan, now in GR. Love the Videos

[@jonhutchens9770]

That snacklbox is brilliant.

[@michaelpfister1283]

I grew up in Muskegon, I've been to Grand Haven more times than I can count. Went to college in Grand Rapids. The early lumber industry on the Grand River was eventually eclipsed by the lumber industry on the Muskegon River, which drains the entire northern area of the Southern Peninsula, but without the earlier industry on the Grand there wouldn't have been the later successes. And that bit about the dynamo in GR in 1880 was something I'd never heard before! The video of crossing under the US-31 drawbridge at Grand Haven was just cool. I've driven over that sooooo many times, never had an opportunity to cross under it. That was a treat. Thanks! Great channel and awesome video. Thank you for sharing!

[@RestlessViking]

Thanks for stopping by. Agreed! The Muskegon has quite a history related to logging for sure!

[@xcalibertrekker6693]

GRCC alum?

[@Jaco3688]

Look at you guys - with a drone now! 👍

[@RestlessViking]

We've had a drone since the beginning, but the main drone was lost last year in the Canadian wilderness. Now, we use a 9ft selfie stick and some voodoo for the "drone like" shots. Trade secret tho. . . 😀😂

[@sailragman]

Great history research and unique presentation. Proud of your presentation for everything Michigan.

[@stevehernandez20]

My neck of the woods. Been on the grand 100’s of times. Used to be very polluted but now is in really decent shape considering the amount of farmland and cities developed along its path. Very solid fishery now.

[@senatorjosephmccarthy2720]

I've canoed along the Grand River. Need to fish for pike next. Thanks for showing.

[@DAKOTANSHELBY]

I stumbled upon this great video this evening. I live in Ottawa County and have traveled through Lamont, Eastmanville, GVSU and visited the Riverbend Airstrip. All of which you do a story of from your boat on the Grand River. Thank so much for sharing the history of the Grand River as it wonders through my West Michigan communities.

[@noogman]

How good was that!!! I loved it. America, its who we are!!

[@rogered5499]

Love the drone pictures

[@TheWorstThingEver]

As a Michigander, I'm glad I found your channel. It's good, interesting stuff!

[@richardjohnson7563]

Another great presentation. Really enjoyed the lesson and the travel on Michigan’s “Grand” river.

[@vhanchon]

LOVE your channel! Another wonderful, informative video.

[@j.scottvanlester4584]

Good information! I hadn't realized that Grand Valley State University had been there that long!

[@royrinard8517]

I really enjoyed your work immensely, you have such a wonderful ability to describe the history and beauty of our wonderful state. I grew up on a farm along the Grand River in Lowell. They were some of the best memories of my life. My Dad showed me the deed to our farm and Rix Robinson was the original owner. I left Lowell,as a young man and have traveled all over the world and have lived out west for the last 55 years and I have never seen a place that means more to me than Lowell does.

[@RestlessViking]

Thanks for the kind words! Lowell is a good place. And a title with Rix Robinson as the original owner. . . amazing!

[@sundancer3700]

Great history lesson. We are headed to Grand Haven in a few weeks to camp on the Lake Michigan beach.

[@ryanholzinger534]

Did you have fun and go to the coast guard festival?

[@sandymcvicar2325]

Thanks for your videos from the west side of lake Huron. Wow, a Grand river grander than our Grand river. Love from the south end of Georgian Bay.

[@PracticalKen]

Great history! Love the "snacklebox". Great idea! 😀

[@RestlessViking]

😂

[@davidmadison8989]

Outstanding, informative!! So glad I found you both.

[@williammitchell5685]

Very cool !!😊

[@YellingFromTheCrowd]

I grew up in this area and have had some good fishing experiences, from the rapids in Grand Rapids to Lake Michigan.

[@bapasrcadventures3619]

Loved learning the history. Thank you.

[@maijaliimatta296]

I just kayaked part of the Grand River last weekend. Thank you Chuck and Poppins for the history tour!

[@gjm5959]

Great stuff ! Thanks so much for doing this 👍

[@peterwesthe-his5508]

Great story. Excellent drone footage and soundtrack.

[@majorphoto]

buttons were a pretty big business near Eastmanville. the river clams made very colorful buttons

[@sewcellosusan8664]

I love the fun fact about the bugler❤

[@NorthSideX]

Great video! Loved the history lesson from your adventure.

[@Roy-mw5js]

Very entertaining ❤

[@troyvanwingen6283]

That’s a pretty epic canoe trip! Great historical nuggets about the river that, as a lifelong West Michigander and local trivia buff, even I didn’t know. Great work with the maps! I also think it’s noteworthy how few bridges span the river from Grandville to Grand Haven. It is so costly to build a bridge as the span is so wide only 4 cross along that 30 mile stretch you showed us. Just another way the river impacts people’s lives still today.

[@LadyYoop]

LOVE this....way back, our rivers were our roads. This is so much like the Keweenaw...water routes for fur trading, and like my bro's Nahma Inn...Nahma had the Bay de Nocquet lumber company, who made tons of wood for Chicago after the big fire...then Chicago got what they needed and the lumber company shut down. Nahma is one of the lil' touristo type places. Right on Lake Michigan. (Lake Chicago....I ALWAYS learn something from you!)

[@skypilotrg]

Plus, they cut 90 plus percent of the trees down, so that also may be why the industry tanked.

[@LadyYoop]

@@skypilotrg no....not at all.

[@jimbellenger1927]

Excellent video. I hope you do one on the Kalamazoo and Muskegon Rivers as well

[@ryanholzinger534]

I grew up in Grand Haven. I have fished all the bayous off of the Grand River. Its a great place to grow up.

[@Whuffagowie]

The headwaters of the three longest rivers in the state are in Jackson County, The Grand, Kalamazoo and the River Raisin.

[@skypilotrg]

Well who wants to know about these facts? You'd think from this video that the Grand River actually starts about in the middle. Jackson County always gets the short end if the stick. When I first saw the headline of this video, I figured they would start at the head waters (Jackson) for those who didn't know and move up to Lansing and so on. I'm disappointed to say the least.

[@blauer2551]

Not in that canoe, lots of logs and tight bends in those areas.

[@bobpiff5161]

@@blauer2551the vid was excellent, but a sequel would be much appreciated.

[@river_keith]

Muskegon river is the second longest river in Michigan and does not run through Jackson county.

[@edbiernot4852]

Thanks for sharing insights

[@wmitrader]

Another great video. Always enjoy watching your videos and look forward to the next one. Keep them coming !

[@timdyersr4372]

Informational & historical. Very cool river adventure. Thank you 😊

[@nonickels8975]

You guys are so fun 😊

[@chetfuller6253]

Thanks Chuck and Poppins, another great video.👍

[@RestlessViking]

Thanks 👍

[@SteveandSusiesHomestead]

Wonderful video . Great information . You put the story back in History . Thank you .

[@randymorgan-droneovermichigan]

Always a learning adventure 👍🏻

[@kkuenzel56]

What a great history lesson. Makes me proud to be a Michigander! Great video guys!

[@J4Julz]

What a great tour! Thanks for showcasing more of Michigan's beauty ❤ Love the SnackleBox!

[@rorymartin329]

You guys are great! My mind starves for facts and information, and you provide it! I subbed.

[@MeMyselfAndUs903]

You both seem to be such fun people. You do such fun things using the in-depth knowledge you’ve attained which makes everything even more fun.

[@RestlessViking]

Aww Shucks Mary. . . thanks!

[@MeMyselfAndUs903]

@@RestlessViking Golly Jeepers….you’re welcome.

[@osirisandilio]

Live on Lake Creek in Saranac, a tributary to the Grand

[@89128]

You mentioned Lake Chicago. A very small remnant of its ancient shoreline can be found in the Indiana Dunes National Park at the intersection of Hadenfeldt and Furnessville roads. Just past this intersection to the south is a small rise. That is the old shoreline. Lake Michigan's shoreline is about a mile north of the intersection.

[@maddog2557]

The same for Ridge Rd from Lansing IL to Hobart. It was built on the "ridge" of the old Lake Chicago shoreline.

[@irenecoermann2439]

Love your videos!!!

[@John-R.61]

Hey Chuck greetings from the sunrise side of Michigan 😊

[@richardjohnson7563]

A Grand Video of the Grand River. Great job. Very Interesting.

[@phillipbooth787]

greetings from GR! i fish the grand every weekend with my girl and her boy. it's a fantastic piece of MI history and scenery. if you get a chance, you may want to look into the history of Singapore, MI and it's sandy fate on the north side of the Muskegon River.

[@cameronlange3448]

Another fantastically informative video. Thank you!

[@tabbott429]

Good job. Interesting tidbits about the area. Creative delivery!

[@richardbossler7379]

you guys do a great job

[@aBluegrassPicker]

Great video! thank you

[@Chadswonderfulwalkingtours]

Listening from Mackinac Island Michigan

[@chrisbajema8002]

I know this family and live right 5here in grandville..sooo cool. Nice work guys and AWESOME snackle box!!

[@kenblum4840]

I really enjoyed your video and taking the time to learn about and share some of the more interesting aspects of the region. There's also a lot of history about the Boynton families going back to when 3 brothers first arrived in the area in the 1830s. My mother's side is descended from one of those brothers, and we've enjoyed family reunions at Bill's property on the river and more recently on his Grand Lady Riverboat. Thanks for sharing!

[@kenblum4840]

Snackle box 💯🙂

[@bluekitty3731]

Thanks for the time and research gone into making this video. I'm a sixth generation Michigander on my moms side, and my dad's family can be traced back before Michigan was a state! But your video even taught me a few things about the state I didn't know.

[@RestlessViking]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@KUEHLKUEST]

That was Awesome guys!! Lot's of info there we didn't know about the river!! J & C

[@vilstef6988]

For someone who has never been to Michigan, I know a fair bit about the state. This video was packed with new information! Thanks, Chuck! Thanks, Poppinsyou have excellent videos!

[@jerrykast7713]

Thank you! What a wonderful history lesson.

[@jimberry4871]

Great Video!

[@herkimeratrandom5772]

New subscriber here. I myself am a Viking too. A lot of my ancestry comes from Norway. Great video. I'm not from Michigan, but live here now with my wife.

[@RestlessViking]

Welcome aboard!

[@stephenalexander6721]

Hey, I grew up in Lowell. 👍

[@outdoors-with-Den]

Thanks for the info. I have been trying to find videos on the grand river, I'd like to do a trip with my barrel boat camper there, love your channel and all the info is awesome, I'm from SE michigan.

[@mestep511]

You guys are too much. What a good life. Production of scenery, adventure and history is captivating. Thank you.

[@RestlessViking]

Thanks!

[@davidl546]

The Grand River has been a part of my life. Grew up in Grand Ledge, hiked the river trail through the Ledges often. Great Video!

[@PolarCurrency]

Thanks for sharing your journeys - just subscribed and am binge watching. Really appreciate the on-site history.

[@joeinmi8671]

I love this channel keep it up!!!

[@marksilvestro450]

Great video guys! I was raised on the backwaters of the Ada dam on the Thornapple river. I know the area well, bravo on a great presentation.

[@Chinsoup]

I live on the grand, amazing river and all the feeders are some of the best fishing!

[@johntessmer2766]

Love your videos. Always learn a lot about the history of the state I thought I knew! Keep them coming!!!

[@lakemi4665]

Awesome, Thanks !

[@StaceyFallis]

Interesting! My family come from Grand River Ottawa and I recently traced back to ancestors which include fur trader Joseph Bailly, who lived on Mackinac Island and owned a trading post on the Grand River. In fact, one of his daughters was adopted by Mme La Framboise. I keep trying to learn more family and Michigan history so thanks for the tour!

[@Auxrad39]

Thanks for the great tour and history lesson , the snackle box look great 😀

[@zooba1974]

Great video! Thank you!!

[@Lanzerath1244]

Loved it. Thanks.

[@juniordelgiorno5260]

You had me at “Snackel Box”!

[@RestlessViking]

🤣😂

[@patrickharmon4377]

Nice video. You did miss mentioning Jubb’s Bayou, which is named after local pioneer Orange Jubb. He was a colorful character who was instrumental in the settling of the area around the bayou of his namesake.

[@buckfever3]

Enjoyed every second, you guys do a great job. Stumbled across a great channel to fulfill my adventurous spirit. Lol. Thanks very much and Happy Exploring.

[@RestlessViking]

Thanks so much!

[@gregandkyzer2657]

The Grand River who knew? Awesome job y'all as always. What kind of boat is that super cool.Snacklebox LMAO.

[@jimcooper2625]

Thanks for the great history lesson , you guys are awesome !

[@MrBradleyDavid]

Cool canoe, it reminds me of a pirogue. I like reading or hearing stories about the old lumber industry. Our great grandfather came down from Canada to be a teamster at the Michigan camp where he met our great grandmother. The story goes on. It would be interesting to see what the area as it used to be with white and red pine.

[@mikevernon3267]

Sweet boat 👍

[@sillarsscott7694]

I have always enjoyed your videos Because they are entertaining and educational

[@adidas20zero]

Great video..thank you!!

[@drunkjonboy]

Love your videos

[@SARGE1966]

Thanks, you have to do a review of that canoe someday..

[@PatrickSmeaton]

Also, as a lifelong Michigander, I learned something too. I had no idea that the Grand River is the longest. I just figured it was the Muskegon.

[@custodialmark]

Nice float

[@1997BAC]

Shout-out to Steamboat campground! I live in an RV full time and stayed with them for two winters. Wonderful campground with great amenities, if you don't mind paying a premium for the RV sites! Great videos!

[@michaelhooper9576]

you two are adorable. Love the videos.

[@MUCKFOOT399]

I live right there (Jenison) , cool stuff

[@somebodyspapa5005]

Just found you guys, I’m surprised to hear that Lowell is your hometown! Hope to bump into you sometime at The Flat River Grill or possibly hiking the new foot bridge across the Grand River to Riverside Park!

[@RestlessViking]

We'll see you around!

[@philliphoward7455]

RV and Poppins: As a lifelong ( so far ), resident of Michigan, I still learnuch from your videos. Keep up the good work. A question; Have you ever considered doing a video or videos on Michigan Ghost Towns that sprang up due to the lumber industry then when the lumbering died, the town died. Just a thought.

[@RestlessViking]

Thanks for the suggestion.