Porkies Union Bay boat launch reopens Friday

SILVER CITY -  The Michigan Department of Natural Resources said the parking lot and ramp at the Union Bay boating access site in Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park will reopen Friday.

The access site and lot had been closed since October for boating access replacement work.

The boat launch is off County Road 107 in the northeast corner of the 59,000-acre park.

The ramp was widened and mechanical dredging of rocks from the launch out to deep water has created easier access.

Parking was expanded and the approach grade and ramp angle was redesigned. The launch is now a double-wide la...