Rifle River State Recreation Area

Rifle River Recreation Area
Location within the state of Michigan
Location	Lower Peninsula, Ogemaw County, Michigan USA
Nearest city	Rose City, Michigan
Coordinates
Area	4,449 acres (1,800 ha)
Established	1963
Governing body	Michigan Department of Natural Resources
http://www.michigandnr.com/parksandtrails/details.aspx?id=489&type=SPRK

Rifle River Recreation Area is a wilderness located on the upper reaches of the Rifle River within the Au Sable State Forest in Ogemaw County in the U.S. state of Michigan. Covering 4,449 acres (1,800 ha), the area provides a variety of recreational opportunities, including boating, canoeing, hiking, hunting, fishing, cross-country skiing, biking, and swimming.

This area was formerly a private hunting and fishing retreat owned by Harry Mulford Jewett, president of the Paige-Detroit Motor Car Company, for whom the Jewett automobile was named. In 1945 the tract, then called Grousehaven, was purchased by the Michigan Department of Conservation from Mrs. Jewett after her husband's death. The Department of Conservation renamed it the Rifle River Area and used it as a field laboratory for fish and game research. In 1963, the Parks Division acquired the area and it is now known as the Rifle River Recreation Area.

External links

• Rifle River Recreation Area, Michigan Department of Natural Resources
• Rifle River Natural River Plan, May 1980, revised March 12, 2002, Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Fisheries Division
• Rifle River Recreation Area Protected Planet (World Database on Protected Areas)