Inland Waterway (Michigan)

Inland Waterway
Historic marker within Burt Lake State Park
Location	Cheboygan and Emmet counties Michigan
Coordinates	45°24′09″N 84°37′24″W / 45.40250°N 84.62333°W / 45.40250; -84.62333[1]
Michigan State Historic Site
Designated	January 19, 1957
Location within the state of Michigan

The Inland Waterway or Inland Water Route is a 38-mile-long (61 km) series of rivers and lakes in the U.S. state of Michigan. With only a short portage, it forms a navigable route for small craft connecting Lake Huron and Crooked Lake, across the Northern Michigan region. Despite Little Traverse Bay being only 2 miles west of Crooked Lake, the waterway does not connect to it, making Lake Michigan inaccessible through this route.

The route is in Emmet and Cheboygan counties and consists of Crooked Lake, Crooked River, Burt Lake, Indian River, Mullett Lake, and the Cheboygan River.

The route passes through or near the communities of Conway, Oden, Ponshewaing, Alanson, Indian River, Topinabee, and Cheboygan.